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AN EPITOME OF THE Homoeopathic Healing Art,
CONTAINING THE NEW DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO

THE PRESENT TIME;
DESIGNED
FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES, FOR TRAVELERS ON THEIR

JOURNEY,
AND AS A POCKET COMPANION FOR THE PHYSICIAN.
BY B. L. HILL, M. D.,
Professor of General, Special, and Surgical Anatomy Late Professor of

Surgery, Obstetrics, and Diseases Females and Children, in the W. H.
College, Author of the "Homoeopathic Practice of Surgery," &c., &c.
CLEVELAND, OHIO: JOHN HALL, 72 SUPERIOR STREET.
CHICAGO, ILL. HALSEY & KING, 162 CLARK STREET.
1859.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859,
By B. L. HILL, M. D.,
In the Clerk's office of the District Court in and for the Northern District of
Ohio.
PINKERTON & NEVINS' Print, Cleveland, O.
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TABLE OF REMEDIES.
In this table I have affixed to the remedies figures designating the dilutions
or the attenuations, at which, under ordinary circumstances, I would advise
their use. The strongest, or mother tinctures, marked with an apha (0), the
dilutions or triturations to be of the decimal degrees of attenuation, are
marked 1, 2, 3, &c., to designate that they are to be used at 1-10th, 1-100th,
1-1000th, &c., the strength of the pure drugs.
The list for a full FAMILY CASE contains all the remedies recommended
in this book for diseases that may be safely trusted to unprofessional hands.
The TRAVELER'S CASE needs only such medicines as are prescribed for
the diseases which he would be most liable to contract on his journey;
though I have put in the principal ones used in domestic practice, so that the
Case will do for family use.
The CHOLERA CASE is only supplied with such remedies as are

particularly applicable to that disease; useful, however, for many other
complaints.
TRAVELER'S CASE.
1 Aconite p 3|15 Hydrastus Can. p 1 2 Apis Mellifica p 3|16 Ipecac p 3 3

Arsenicum p 3|17 Mercurius sol. p 3 4 Arnica tr 0|18 Mercurius cor. tt 2 5
Arum triphyllum tt 2|19 Macrotin tt 1 6 Belladonna p 3|20 Nux Vom. p 3 7
Baptisia p 1|21 Phosphorus p 3 8 Bryonia p 3|22 Phos. acid p 3 9 Colocynth
p 3|23 Podophyllin p 2 10 China Sul. tt 1|24 Rhus toxicod. p 3 11
Chamomilla p 3|25 Secale p 3 12 Copaiva p 2|26 Tartar emetic p 3 13
Cuprum p 3|27|Veratrum p 3 14 Eupatorium Aro. p 1|
CHOLERA CASE.
1 Aconite p 3|8 Laurocerasus p 4 2 Arsenicum p 3|9 Opium p 3 3

Belladonna p 3|10 Merc. cor. p 3 4 Camphor tr 0|11 Phosphorus p 3 5
Carbo Veg. p 5|12 Phos. acid p 3 6 Cuprum p 3|13 Secale p 3 7 Ipecac p
3|14 Veratrum p 3
FULL FAMILY CASE.
Tr. is used for tincture, Tt. trituration, P. pellets.
REMEDIES. |CONTRACTIONS. | 1 Aconitum. |Aconite Tr 0 1 p 3 2

Althæa. | 3 Apis mellifica. |Apis mel. 0 p 2 3 4 Arsenicum. |Arsenicum 0 p
3 5 Arnica. |Arnica, 0 p 3 6 Arum triphyllum. |Arum triphyllum, 0 tt 2 7
Belladonna. |Bell. tr 1 p 4 8 Baptisia tinctoria. |Baptisia, tr 0 2 9 Bryonia.
|Bryonia, tr p 3 10 Carbo. Vegetabilis. |Carbo. Veg. tr p 4 11 Cantharides.
|Cantharides, tr 0 p 3 12 Colocynthis. |Colocynth, tr or p 3 13 China
Sulphuricum. |China Sul. tt 1 14 Chamomilla. |Chamomilla tr or p 3 15
Copaiva. |Copaiva tr 1 p 2 16 Cauloph. Thalictroides.|Caulophyllum tr 1 17
Cuprum. |Cuprum, p 3 18 Cuprum Aceticum. | 19 Cornus Sericea. |Cornus
sericea, tr 0 p 2 20 Conium maculatum. |Conium mac. tr 0 p 3 21 Coffea.
|Coffea p 4 22 Eryngium Aquaticum. |Eryngium Aquaticum 2 23
Eupatorium aromaticum |Eupatorium aro. tr 0 p 2 24 Hepar Sulphur. | 25
Hydrastus Canadensis. |Hydrastin tr 0 p 2 26 Hamamelis Virginica.
|Hamamelis Vir. tr 0 p 3 27 Ipecacuanha. |Ipecac tr 0 p 2 3 28
Laurocerasus. |Laurocerasus p 3 29 Mercurius solubilis. |Merc. tr 3 30
Mercurius corrosivus. |Mercurius cor. tt 2 p 3 31 Macrotys Racemosa.
|Macrotin, tr 2 32 Nux Vomica. |Nux p 3 33 Opium. |Opium p 3 34
Phosphorus. |Phosphorus, tr 2 p 3 35 Phosphoric acid. |Phos. acid, tr 2 p 3
36 Podophyllum peltatum. |Podophyllin, tt 1 p 3 37 Pulsatilla. |Pulsatilla 3
38 Rhus Toxicodendron. |Rhus Tox. p 3 39 Secale cornutum. |Secale, tr 1 p
3 40 Santonine. |Santonine, tr 1 41 Spongia. |Spongia, p 4 42 Tartar Emetic.
|Tartar emetic tr 2 p 3 43 Thuya. | 44 Veratrum alba. |Veratrum. p 3
AN EPITOME
OF THE
HOMOEOPATHIC HEALING ART.
Introduction.
This work contains in a condensed form a very large portion of all that is
practically useful in the treatment of the diseases ordinarily occurring in
this country. The symptoms are given with sufficient minuteness and detail
to enable any one of ordinary capacities of observation to distinguish the
complaint; and the treatment is so plainly laid down, that no one need make
a mistake. If strictly followed, it will, in a very large proportion of cases,
effect cures, even when administered by those unacquainted with the
medical sciences generally. It has been written from necessity, to meet the
demands of community for a more definite work in a concise form, that
should contain remedies of the most reliable character, with such directions
for their use as can be followed by the traveler on his journey, or by
families at home, when no physician is at hand. It might seem to some
preposterous to speak of a demand for another domestic Homoeopathic
Practice, when half a score or more of such works are now extant, some
having come out within a very short time. The demand arises, not from the
want of Books, but from the defects of those that exist. There is in most of
them, too little point and definiteness in the prescriptions, and a kind of
vague doubting recommendation noticeable to all, which carries the
impression at once to every reader, of a want of confidence by the author in
his own directions.
Again, in some of the works there is too much confusion, the symptoms not
being laid down with sufficient clearness to indicate the best remedy. Some
of the works are unnecessarily large and cumbersome, while the real
amount of valuable practical matter is comparatively meager, obliging the
reader to pay for paper and binding without the contained value of his
money. I do not claim entire perfection for this work, yet I do claim it to be
several steps in advance of the books now extant.
*****
This work is my own, being the result of my practical experience and

observation. I have introduced several remedies that, though they are
familiar to me, and have been used in my practice for many years, are,
nevertheless, comparatively strange and new to most of the profession. Of
some we have no extensive provings yet published, still the provings have
been made, both upon the healthy and the sick. Their use, as directed in this
work, is in strict accordance with their Homoeopathic relation to the
symptoms for which they are prescribed.
Some may object to my practice of giving several remedies in alternation or

rotation and in quick succession. To such I would say, When you try this
mode of practice and on comparing it with the opposite one of giving only
one remedy, and that at long intervals between the doses, find my mode to
be less successful than yours, then it will be time for you to make your
objections. You may rely upon the vague hypotheses of the books, and give
your high dilutions singly, at long intervals, and let your patients die for
want of real treatment, while I will use lower dilutions and give two or
more remedies in quick succession and cure mine. I only speak what is in
accordance with universal observation, where the two modes are compared
on equal footing, when I affirm that, while the former may effect some
cures, most of the recoveries under it, are spontaneous and unaided, the
latter does cure; the disease being arrested by the medicine, and the
proportion of unfavorable terminations is much less under the latter than
the former course. I know many learned and successful practitioners who
have substituted low dilutions and the giving of several remedies in quick
succession for the old mode of high attenuations and long intervals of
single remedies, all of whom still adhere to the low, while I have yet to hear
of the man who has gone back to high single remedies and long intervals.
My reason then, for the course here laid down, is, that it will cure with
more promptness and certainty. If others are so prejudiced as not to try it,
they will still remain in ignorance of the best practice, and their patients
will be the sufferers.
In reference to the fear that is expressed that if one medicine is given too
soon after another, it will antidote the former, I have simply to say, I have
no confidence in the hypothetic antidotal powers of the medicines one over
another, as laid down in the books. It has not been verified by experience,
and has no foundation in truth. It is true that one medicine will remove
morbid symptoms that might be produced by an overdose of another; but
both being given in the ordinary medicinal doses, neither of them to such
an extent as to produce sensible symptoms, if given alone, would not, if
given in quick succession, prevent each other from acting to remove their
own peculiar symptoms that exist in the system at the time. So if we have
the symptoms that are found in two or more different remedies present in
the same attack, as is often the ease, we may give these several remedies
one after another, with confidence in their curative effects for the symptoms
they represent.
This has been my practice, and it has been eminently successful, and
therefore I commend it to others, treating with pity the infirmity of those
who ignorantly condemn it, as "They know not what they do."
ADMINISTRATION OF REMEDIES.
The remedies are either in the form of tinctures saturated, more or less
dilute, in Pellets or Powders. The Pellets may be taken dry upon the tongue,
allowed to dissolve and swallowed. The dose for an adult is from 4 to 7; for
an infant, from birth to one year old, 1 to 3; from one to three years, 2 to 4;
from three to ten years, 3 to 5 pellets; after ten, same as an adult. 15 or 20
pellets may be dissolved in a gill of water, and a tea-spoonful dose given at
a time, being particular to stir it until all are perfectly dissolved, stirring it
each dose.
Powders may be taken in the same manner, upon the tongue, a dose when
dry, being about the same bulk as of the pellets as nearly as practicable. If
put into water, to a gill of water add of the powder about what would lie on
a three cent piece. If the liquid medicine is used, add 1 drop to a gill of
water, and use tea-spoonful doses as above directed. The length of time
between the doses should be, in Dysentery and Diarrhoea, regulated by the
frequency of the discharges, giving a dose as often as the evacuations

occur. In acute and violent diseases, the doses should be repeated oftener
than in milder cases--about once an hour as a general rule is often enough,
though in some cases they should be given in half an hour or oftener. In
mild cases, once in two or three hours is often enough, and in chronic cases,
once or twice a day.
Bathing.
The surface of the body should be kept clean, as far as possible, and to this
end, in summer, should be well bathed at least once a day. In winter,
though useful, it is not so indispensable; still no one should neglect the bath
more than a week, and all ought to bathe at least twice a week, if not
oftener, even in winter.
The bath should be of a temperature that is agreeable, and the room warm,
especially for a feeble person. It should be so applied as not to give a
general chill, as such shocks are always hurtful.
The teeth should be kept clean and free from tartar. They should be cleaned
every morning and after each meal. The feet, legs and arms should be
warmly clothed, especially the arms, as an exposure of them to cold is
liable to induce affections of the lungs, and to aggravate any existing
disease of those organs.
By exposure of the feet and legs to cold, diseases and derangements of the
female organs, even in young girls, are induced; and one prolific cause of
female weakness is to be found in improper dressing of the feet and legs,
while the lung affections of females, now so fearfully prevalent, are
traceable in a great degree to the fashion that has prevailed for a few years,
of exposing the arms to cold.
Diet.
The diet of the sick should he nutricious, but at all times simple, free from
greasy substances, and from all stimulating condiments whatsoever, as well
as from vinegar, or food in which vinegar is used.
In short, let the food be nutritious, easily digested, small or moderate in

quantity, and free from all "seasoning," except salt or sugar; and if salt is
used at all, let the quantity be very small, much less than would be used in
health.
Diarrhoea.
This disease consists in a looseness of the bowels, generally accompanied

with pain in the abdomen, more or less severe. It sometimes occurs without
pain, but is then attended with a sense of weakness, and a general feeling of
uneasiness. It prevails mostly in the warm seasons, but may occur at any
time. It is not usually considered a very dangerous affection, except during
the prevalence of Cholera, or in children during hot weather.
TREATMENT.
Veratrum and Phos. acid, given alternately, at intervals, as frequently as the

discharges from the bowels occur, will generally be sufficient. If there is
nausea or vomiting, or cramping pains in the bowels, give Ipecac in
alternation with one or both the former. If thirst and a burning of the
stomach or bowels exist, use Arsenicum. This last medicine may be given
in alternation with either of the others, but is most frequently indicated in
connection with Veratrum. The intervals between the doses should be
regulated by the frequency of the evacuations in all cases, lengthening them
as the evacuations become less frequent, until they cease. In children,
where the discharges are greenish or slimy, and contain undigested food,
give Chamomilla and Ipecac alternately, as above directed. If the
discharges are dark, or yellow, with distress in the stomach, give
Podophyllin. The dose is from 3 to 6 pellets. In all cases of diarrhoea,
adults should abstain from all kinds of food until cured, if possible, and eat
but little at first, when food is taken. Children should be fed carefully, and
but a small quantity at a time, being particular both for adults and children
to use as little liquid as possible; drink water in small quantities, not very
cold. Avoid exercise, and lie on the back quietly, when that is practicable.
In a large majority of cases, Veratrum, if given in the early stages of the

disease, will arrest it at once, and in many chronic diarrhoeas of weeks or
months standing, it is the surest remedy. In chronic diarrhoea of females,
Podophyllin should be used in alternation with Veratrum.
Dysentery.
This disease is caused by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the

colon and rectum, (the large intestine) generally confined to the lower part
of the bowel. It is always painful. There is griping and straining in the
lower part of the abdomen, and generally great bearing down when at stool,
with a peculiar distress after the evacuation, called tormina.
The discharges often commence like a common diarrhoea, with copious

liquid evacuations, but there is more or less griping pain, low down, from
the beginning. The evacuations sooner or later become lessened, slimy or
bloody, or both, the pain increasing accompanied with more or less fever,
often quite severe. Sometimes the patient is costive, and has been so for
several days, the dysentery coming on without being preceded by
looseness. At others, especially in summer, when fevers are prevailing, the
dysentery begins with a severe chill, followed by fever and the dysenteric
symptoms above described.
TREATMENT.
If it begins with looseness without blood, give Arsenicum and Veratrum

alternately, once an hour, or oftener if the evacuations are more frequent. If
the discharges are bloody, use Mercurius cor. in place of the Arsenicum. If
there is any sickness of the stomach, or the discharges are dark or yellow,
use Podophyllin with Mercurius cor. If there are colic pains in the bowels,
use Colocynthis alternately with the others, giving it between them. If the
patient was costive previous to the attack, and the dysentery came on
without much looseness, Nux Vomica should be given alternately with
Mercurius cor. If the disease comes on with a chill, or a chill occurs at any
time during the attack, followed by fever, Aconite, Baptisia and
Podophyllin should be used in rotation half an hour apart until a free
perspiration is produced, and the pain diminishes; or if bloody stools

appear, use Mercurius cor, with the Aconite and Baptisia. A large
proportion of the dysenteries of hot weather in miasmatic regions, will be
arrested in a few hours by these three or four remedies, especially if the
patient keeps still, and generally even if he keeps about his business. In
very bad cases, much benefit will be derived from injections of Gum
Arabic water, or mucillage of Slippery Elm thrown into the bowel in
quantities of a pint or more at a time, as warm as can possibly be endured. I
have often relieved patients immediately with injections of a strong
solution of Borax in Rice water, as hot as bearable. Never apply cold water
to any inflamed surface, much less a mucous surface. All food should be
withheld as far as practicable and not starve, until the symptoms abate.
Colic.
The symptoms of this are cramping pains in the abdomen, without fever or
looseness of the bowels. The colic sometimes occurs after the cessation of a
diarrhoea that had been induced by severe cathartics. The pains are cutting
and straining, drawing the bowels into knots, relieved temporarily by
pressure.
TREATMENT.
For a male, Nux Vom., and for a female, Pulsatilla will generally afford
immediate relief. In children, especially, where diarrhoea exists,
Chamomilla should be used. If it is the result of severe cathartics, or if there
is a soreness or a bruised feeling, Colocynth is the remedy. Hot injections
into the rectum, and large quantities of warm water taken into the stomach,
will often cure colic.
Bilious Colic.
This disease, in addition to the symptoms of cutting, cramping pains in the

bowels, as in common colic, has great distress in the stomach, with nausea
and vomiting, the bowels being costive, the feet and hands cold, sometimes
cold sweats occur. There is also considerable fever, and frequently
headache is present. The substance vomited is at first dark bilious matter,

but if the case continues a long time, stercoraceous (fecal) matter will be
thrown up.
TREATMENT.
Colocynth is the most important remedy, and should be given early and
constantly. Podophyllin is next in importance, and it should be given in
alternation with the former, the dose to be repeated as often as every half
hour at first, and as the patient becomes easy, at longer intervals. In this, as
in the former case, great benefit will be derived from large injections of
quite warm water, and let it be taken into the stomach freely, as hot as can
be safely swallowed. I have given a gallon of hot water in the course of two
hours, to a patient suffering under this disease, the first half pint being
rejected, but the balance remaining, perfect relief having been experienced.
If fever continues after the colic and nausea cease, Baptisia and Aconite
should be given alternately every hour until the fever subsides. If the
patient is, and has been, for some time, costive, Nux Vomica should be
given once in six or eight hours until the bowels move. Injections may also
be used.
Cholera Morbus.
This disease generally comes on at night, in hot weather, and is, in many
cases, induced by over eating while the patient is suffering from diarrhoea
and a deranged state of the liver. It is essentially of a bilious character. It
sets in with great pain in the bowels, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting
of large quantities of dark greenish bitter tasting substance. At first, the
vomiting will seem to afford relief, but sooner or later the stomach and
bowels cramp, and the cramping may extend to other parts of the body, the
feet, hands, calves of the legs, and the arms, cold sweats come on, and
death terminates his sufferings.
TREATMENT.
Ipecac and Colocynthis are to be given in alternation, and repeated as often

as every 30 minutes, for the first three or four doses, then as the patient gets
easier, at longer intervals. A dose every hour will suffice as soon as the
symptoms begin to abate. The application of hot cloths or even mustard,
over the abdomen, frequently palliates the sufferings, and does not interfere
with the action of the medicines. Fever of a low typhoid type some times
sets in after an attack of cholera morbus, and terminates fatally. This ought
never to occur under Homoeopathic treatment. For such fever give
Baptisia, a dose every hour until the fever subsides, which will occur
generally in six or eight hours; if not, and the patient complains of
headache, or is delirious, or dizzy, or feels a fullness in the head, give
Macrotin in alternation with the Baptisia. Keep the patient very quiet and
free from noise, as far as possible. Sleep is a great restorer in any case, but
particularly so in this.
FEVERS.
Intermittent Fever, Ague or Chill Fever.
This comes on with pains in the head and back, aching in the joints,
yawning, followed by coldness of the hands and feet, blueness of the nails
and skin of the hands, general chilliness, sometimes "shaking." This lasts
from a few minutes in some cases, to several hours in others. The chill is
followed by a fever, which is generally severe and long continued, in
proportion to the length and severity of the chill. The fever is followed by
free perspiration, when it subsides and leaves the patient in a comfortable
condition. This state is called the Intermission. This continues from a few
hours to twenty-four, or longer, when another chill comes on followed by
fever and sweats as before. During the chill and fever, the patient often
suffers great pain, and is sometimes delirious. Young children frequently
have convulsions when the chill sets in. These convulsions of children,
though alarming, are not often dangerous.
TREATMENT.
As soon as the first symptoms of the chills appear, such as the headache,
pain in the back and bones, coldness of the hands, nose and ears, give
Aconite and Baptisia alternately, giving the first three doses every ten
minutes, the next three doses every fifteen minutes, and then once in half an
hour until the patient begins to sweat freely, when the medicines should be
discontinued. If there is nausea or vomiting present, let the patient have
lukewarm water freely in large draughts, until he vomits it up several times.
As soon as the sweating commences, give Arsenicum and Macrotin
alternately every hour during the intermission, except during sleeping time.
On return of the chill, should it appear a second time, use the Aconite and
Baptisia as before, and follow them with Arsenicum and Nux Vom. every
two hours. This course of treatment will cure a majority of cases, but some
require Cinchonia. That Cinchonia is a specific for intermittent fevers in
many of their forms, no one will deny. It is the Homoeopathic remedy for
many cases, and should be prescribed. The injurious effects that are often
attributed to Quinine, are, I have no doubt, attributable not to that remedy,
but to the drugs that are used prior to giving the Chinium Sul. I have used it
in more than two thousand cases, and have never been able to see any evil
consequences follow its proper use. It should be given from the beginning
of the chill to the end of the paroxysm, and continued during the whole time
of the intermission: i. e. until the time arrives for the next chill, time being
important in the use of this remedy. Use the first decimal trituration, and
give grain doses (equal to 1-10th of a grain of the drug) every half hour till
the time the next chill would occur, if it pursued its regular course, allowing
the patient six or seven hours time in each twenty-four, for sleep.[1]
Though from two to four grains of the pure Chinium Sulphuricum is all the
patient would get, very few cases that do not yield to a course of the former
treatment here recommended, will have the third paroxysm after this China
treatment is commenced and pursued as here directed. For children the dose
may be one-half or one-fourth that of the adults. If a trituration of the
medicine cannot be got conveniently, four grains of the Quinine may be put
into a four ounce vial of water, shaken well every time, and a teaspoonful
taken at a dose. Abstinence from food as far as practicable, and quiet is of
much importance in this disease, but the patient may use water freely.
[1] NOTE.--The Eclectic Physicians use equal parts of Quinine and

Prussiate of Iron, with marked success in agues, giving from one to three
grains of the mixture at a dose, every two hours, or oftener, for ten or
twelve hours, and some times more, during the intermission. An intelligent
Homoeopathic Physician informs me that he has used with uniform success,
a trituration of this mixture of Quinine and Prussiate of Iron, in proportion
of ten grains of the Sugar of Milk to one of the Mixture, giving the
trituration in doses of about one grain every hour through the chill, fever
and intermission. Very few cases had a second chill after taking the
prescription. I have used this trituration successfully in a few cases.
In some cases, the chill is irregular and indistinct, the patient is thirsty
during the chill, and the cold stage is long in proportion to the length of the
fever, the surface pale and more or less bloated. Arsenicum is the remedy,
and should be given from the commencement of the chill, and every hour
until the fever subsides, then every three hours during the intermission. In
chronic cases, where the patient has been drugged with mercurials and
cathartics, together with larger doses of Quinine, and is still suffering under
the disease, Pulsatilla and Macrotin in alternation, will, in nearly every
case, effect a cure.
Bilious Fever.
This fever may be either intermittent, remitting, or continued, and typhoid.

It is distinguished from common intermittent, by the great derangement of
the stomach, as nausea and vomiting of bilious matter, yellow coated
tongue, bitter taste in the mouth, foul breath, loss of appetite, high colored
urine, and frequently distress and fullness in the right side, (though this last
is not in every case present,) the skin and white of the eyes soon become
yellowish, the chills are often imperfect, the fever being disproportionably
long.
TREATMENT.
Podophyllin and Merc. should be given in ease of intermittents of this

character, during the paroxysm, and in rotation with the other remedies for
intermittents, giving a dose every three hours during the intermission. It is

well also to continue these remedies night and morning, alternately, for a
week or so, after the cessation of the chills and fever, or until all bilious
appearances cease.
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A REMITTING FEVER is one that goes nearly off, but not so entirely as
an intermittent, returning again by a paroxysm of chill more or less distinct,
sometimes hardly perceptible, and an increase of the fever following, from
day to day, until arrested.
*****
CONTINUED FEVERS are generally of a Bilious character, except in

winter, when they are more or less connected with irritation of the lungs, or
with Rheumatic affections, when they are termed Catarrhal or Rheumatic
Fevers. If the bilious symptoms prevail, give Aconite and Baptisia during
the chills and high febrile stage, at intervals of an hour, and during the
declining stage of the fever, give Podophyllin and Mercurius until a perfect
intermission is produced, when the same treatment should be adopted as in
intermittents. But should it take the form of
Catarrhal Fever,
the head being "stuffed up," pain in the head, the lungs oppressed, cough
and sneezing, the eyes and nose suffused with increased secretion of tears
and mucus, pain in the back or loins, almost constant chilly sensations, use
in rotation Baptisia, Copaiva and Phosphorus, giving a dose every hour
until the fever begins to abate and perspiration comes on, then leave off the
Baptisia, and give in its stead Macrotin, lengthening the interval between
the remedies to two hours or longer.
For the chronic cough that sometimes follows catarrhal fever, Copaiva,
Macrotin and Phosphorus should be used morning, noon and night, in the
order here named. Should the fever be a
Rheumatic Fever,
(Rheumatism,) the patient complaining of soreness of the muscles, of the

chest, back and limbs, with or without lameness of the joints, Aconite,
Macrotin and Nux Vom. are the remedies for a male patient, and the two
former, with Pulsatilla, for a female, (or for a male, of light hair, delicate
skin, feminine voice and mild temper,) to be used in rotation one hour
apart. These remedies are to be taken in a severe acute case, every half hour
until the symptoms begin to abate; then every hour or two hours as the case
progresses. Baths properly administered, are of great importance in all
forms of fever. The surface of the patient should be washed and thoroughly
rubbed in water quite warm, into which a sufficiency of the ley of wood
ashes has been put to make it feel quite slippery. This should be done twice
daily in all fevers. But in
Rheumatism,
In addition to the medicines directed under the head of Rheumatic Fever,

the most decided benefit can be derived from Alcoholic Vapor Baths,
which, while they do not in the least interfere with the action of the
medicines, tend greatly to mitigate the pains, and produce an equal state of
the circulation by stimulating the surface; abridging in many cases, the
disease one-half the time it would run under the long interval treatment
alone. This is to be applied by filling a tea cup with alcohol, placed in a
saucer of water to insure against danger from an overflow while burning.
Place both under a solid wood bottom chair, elevated about the thickness of
a brick under each post, strip the patient naked, and after giving him the
alkaline bath, and rubbing his surface dry, place him upon the chair,
enveloping him completely, except his head, with a woollen sheet or
blanket, (as there is no danger of the wool taking fire,) letting the blanket
enclose also the chair and come down to the floor. Then set fire to the
alcohol, and if the heat is too great, raise the edge of the blanket and let it
become reduced. Continue this until he sweats freely, or becomes too much
fatigued to sit longer. Let the patient often drink freely of cold water,
during the process. Remove him from the chair to his bed and cover him
warmly. It is well to place the feet in hot water during this process. This is a
delightful operation for a rheumatic patient, and no one will object to a

repetition of it. Whatever Physicians may think or say of this operation, I
know it is a most potent agent for the cure of inflammatory rheumatism,
and is a valuable agent in the chronic form of this disease.
Typhoid Fever.
This is a dangerous, and with the ordinary allopathic treatment, a very fatal
disease. It generally comes on insidiously, the patient feeling a dull head
ache, more or less pain in his joints, back and shoulders, with loss of
appetite, restless and disturbed sleep, slight chilly sensations, with a little
fever, dry skin, and a general languid feeling. These symptoms continue
from four or five days in some cases, to two or three weeks in others,
gradually getting worse until the patient is prostrated, or if he takes no
drugs, and keeps still, avoiding food as far as practicable, he may escape
prostration, and after lingering for eight or ten days, and sometimes longer,
just on the point of prostration, he begins slowly to get better, and recovers
about as slowly and imperceptibly as he grew sick. This is in accordance
with observation of cases under my own eye, and I have no doubt those
cases of spontaneous recovery, had they taken a single dose of active
cathartic medicine or any of the active drugs, they would have been
immediately laid upon a bed of sickness from which a recovery would have
been extremely doubtful. I believe that two-thirds of the deaths from
typhoid fever are the direct results of medication, and that those who
recover, do so in spite of the cathartics and the active drugs when such are
used. Some cases, however, will not thus spontaneously recover, and
require proper treatment; and it is safest to treat all cases, at as early a day
as possible. Some cases come on more rapidly and run into the prostrating
or critical stage, in a very few days. Delirium is a symptom that comes on
early in these cases. When the disease is fully established, and even
sometimes in the early stage, diarrhoea sets in and runs the patient down
rapidly.
TREATMENT.
In the early stage, that which might be called premonitory, while the patient
is yet able to be about his business, but is complaining of the symptoms
above named, he should, as far as possible, abstain from exercise and food,
and take of Baptisia and Phosphorus alternately, a dose once in three hours.
These will almost invariably produce amendment in a few days, and as
soon as he improves any, leave off the medicines. Should there be
diarrhoea present, use Phos. acid instead of Phosphorus. If the patient is
delirious or has fullness and redness of the face, the eyes red, and headache,
give Belladonna in rotation with the other two. For the foul breath that
comes on, use Mercurius cor., especially if the diarrhoea assumes a reddish
tinge, like beef brine. Should the fever at any time rise high, the pulse being
full and hard, give Aconite, but it rarely happens that Aconite is useful in
the later stage. If the patient complains of pains in the back, and fullness of
the head, give Macrotin. This is particularly useful for persons who have
rheumatic pains in the limbs or back, during the fever. If the evacuations
from the bowels are dark, or yellow and consistent, or there is bilious
vomiting, Podophyllin is the remedy. From some cause or other, to me
wholly unaccountable, the writers generally have laid down Rhus and
Bryonia as the remedies in typhoid fever. I must confess I have no
confidence in them for this fever as it prevails, and has for several years
past, in this country. They have proved a failure, and I discard them
altogether, as I am confident, from thorough trial, we have much more
reliable remedies as a substitute for Rhus in the Podophyllin, and for
Bryonia in the Macrotin. In the early stage, or at any time to arrest febrile
and inflammatory symptoms, the Baptisia is much more potent than
Aconite, its symptoms corresponding peculiarly with typhoid fever. If the
discharges become slimy or bloody, give Leptandrin and Nit. acid. It is
important to bathe in this disease.
Scarlet Fever.--Scarlatina.
This fever assumes two principal forms: Simple or mild, and Malignant. In
the Simple form, there is great heat of the surface, extremely quick and
frequent pulse, headache, and some sense of pain and soreness in the throat.
After a day or two, there appears upon the surface, bright scarlet patches, in
some cases extending over the whole limbs, the skin smooth and shining,
and somewhat bloated or swollen; upon pressure with the finger, a white
spot is seen, which soon disappears on removal of the pressure. As the
disease subsides, the cuticle comes off (desquamates) in patches. In the
simple form of this disease, the throat, though often more or less sore, does
not ulcerate. In some cases, notwithstanding the fever is high, the pulse
frequent, and the throat sore, there may be no external redness, but the
mouth and tongue will have a scarlet hue, indicating the existence of
disease more dangerous than when it appears externally. In the malignant
form, the same symptoms are present, the patient suffers more pain in the
head; the back and throat, root of the tongue, tonsils and soft palate become
ulcerated, turn black, and sometimes gangrenous, proving fatal in a few
days, or slough out in large portions, the ulcers destroying the parts
extensively. The breath becomes foul and fetid, and the effluvia from the
ulcerated surface, is very sickening to the patient and all around him. This
disease rarely attacks adults, but occasionally, and for the last six or eight
months, in one region where I am acquainted, where Scarlatina of a
malignant type has prevailed among children, adults have been affected
with an epidemic soreness of the mouth and throat, strongly resembling the
worst form of the angina in malignant Scarlatina, together with a low
typhoid form of fever.
TREATMENT.
In simple scarlatina, all that is necessary is to keep the child quiet, in a

room of uniform temperature, as far as practicable; let it drink cold water
only, and give Aconite, Belladonna and Pulsatilla in rotation, a dose every
hour until the fever subsides. If any soreness of the throat remains, give a
few doses of Mercurius. If the fever subsides, and the soreness remain,
Hydrastin or Eupatorium arom. will soon complete the cure. In the
malignant form, with ulcerated, dark colored, or red and purulent throat,
and typhoid form of fever, give Aconite and Belladonna in alternation,
every hour, and, at the same time, gargle the throat freely with Hydrastin.
Some of the tincture may be put in water, about in the proportion of ten
drops to a teaspoonful, or a warm infusion of the crude medicine may be
used. This can be applied with a camel's hair pencil, or a swab, to the parts
affected, once in two hours, and will soon bring about such a state as will
result in speedy recovery. After the active fever has subsided, the Aconite
and Bell. may be discontinued, and Eupatorium arom. used instead, once in
three hours until convalescence is complete.
I would remark that, with these remedies applied as here recommended, my

brother, Dr. G. S. HILL, of Erie County, Ohio, has, during the last four
months, treated a large number of those malignant sore-throats, (the "Black
tongue Erysipelas,") and been universally successful, relieving them in a
few hours, when the symptoms were of the most alarming character, and
the disease in some cases, so far advanced that the patients were considered
by their friends and attendants, "at the point of death."
The Hydrastin is a most potent remedy in putrid ulcerations of the mucous

surfaces, and much the same may be said of Eupatorium aromaticum.
Yellow Fever.
[As I have never practiced farther South than Cincinnati, and have seen but
few cases of this disease, my experience with it has not been sufficient to
be relied upon as authority. Therefore, I shall give a brief description of the
disease, with the proper and successful treatment, furnished me by A. H.
BURRETT, M. D., of New Orleans, who is not only a Physician of more
than ordinary learning and skill in his profession generally, but is one who
has spent his time in New Orleans among the sick of Yellow Fever, through
three of the most fatal epidemics that ever scourged any city. He is a man
for the times, a man of resources, who draws useful lessons from
experience and observation. Hence he has been able to select such remedies
as have enabled him to cope most successfully with the pestilence, saving
nearly all his patients, while, under other treatment, a majority have died. I
therefore, attach great value to his treatment, and recommend its adoption
with the most implicit confidence.]
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When this Fever prevails as an epidemic, as it usually does, in the southern

part of the United States, it is a disease of the most malignant character.
The proportion of fatal cases under the Allopathic course of treatment, has
been equal to, and, in some places, as in New Orleans, and some Towns in
Virginia, has exceeded that of Asiatic Cholera. It is almost entirely confined
to Southern regions, and only prevails in hot weather, after the continuance
of extreme heat for some weeks.
It usually begins with premonitory symptoms somewhat like those of

ordinary fever, but with this difference: the patient, instead of losing his
appetite, has often a morbidly increased desire for food. He complains of
severe pains in the back, and more or less headache. Both the head and
backache are of a peculiar character: the pains resembling rheumatic pains,
the head feeling full and too large, the eyes early turn red, almost bloodshot
and watery, a chill comes on, which may be distinct and quite severe,
lasting for an hour or more, or, it may be slight, and hardly perceptible. The
chill is followed by high fever, the pain in the head and back increasing, the
eyes becoming more red and suffused, the forehead and face extremely red
and hot, and the heat of the whole surface very great, the carotids beat
violently, the pulse very frequent, and usually, at first, full and strong,
though sometimes it is feeble from the beginning. However the pulse may
be in the beginning, it very soon becomes small, but continues to be
frequent. The tongue is at first covered with a white paste-like coating,
which afterwards gives place to redness of the edges and tip, with a dark or
yellow streak in the center. The stomach is very irritable, rejecting every
kind of food, and all drinks, except, perhaps, a few drops of ice water.
There is a peculiar distressed feeling in the stomach, often a burning
sensation, so that, if suffered to do so, he would take large quantities of ice
or water. One remarkable feature of the cases noticed in the epidemic, as it
existed in New Orleans the past season, was, that the patients had a great
desire for food, notwithstanding the nausea and distress at the stomach.
Sooner or later, varying from a few hours to several days, in the ordinary
course of the disease, the fever subsides. From this time the patient may
recover without any further symptoms, but this is, by no means, the usual
result. If the subsidence of the fever is accompanied by natural pulse, a free,
but not profuse or prostrating perspiration, a genial warmth of the surface,
natural appearance of the countenance, eyes, and tongue, with little or no
soreness on pressure over the stomach, we may safely look for a speedy
recovery. But if, on the contrary, the eyes, face, and tongue, become
yellow, or orange-colored, the epigastrium is tender to pressure, the urine
has a yellow tinge, the pulse becomes unnaturally slow, with the least
degree of mental stupor, we have reason to know, full well, that the lull of
the fever is only the calm preceding a more destructive storm. The fever has
subsided, only because exhausted nature could re-act no longer. It may be
in a few hours, or not until twelve or twenty-four have elapsed, the pulse
becomes quickened, even to the frequency of 120 to 140 in a minute, but
very feeble, the extremities of the fingers and toes turn purple or dark, the
tongue becomes brown and dry, or is clean, red, and cracked, sordes may
be on the teeth, the stomach become more irritable, nausea and vomiting
are extreme, the substances vomited being, at first, reddish, afterwards
watery, containing floculæ, like soot, or coffee grounds; the breath becomes
foul, and the whole surface emits a sickening odor. The pulse becomes very
small, though the carotid and temporal arteries beat violently. The urine
fails to be secreted, and later, blood is discharged from the mucous
surfaces, involuntary discharges from the bowels, clammy sweats; and
death follows.
The disease runs its course in from three to seven days, sometimes proves
fatal in less than a day, and at others, assumes a typhoid form, and runs for
weeks. Occasionally it sets in without any of the premonitory symptoms,
the chill being first, the fever following, succeeded immediately by the
black vomit, going through all the stages in a single day, or two days.
Again, it sometimes begins with the black vomit, the patient being
immediately prostrated. In all cases, however it may begin, the peculiar
head-ache and back-ache as described in the beginning, as well as the
extreme heat of the head and face, redness of the eyes, the gnawing
sensation at the stomach, and peculiar nausea are present. These seem to be
characteristic symptoms that mark the Yellow Fever, and those which
should guide in the search for the proper remedies.
TREATMENT.
The remedies that proved successful in arresting the disease during the
early or forming stage, before the chill or fever had set in, while the
symptoms were pain, fullness, and throbbing of the head, with more or less
dizziness, rheumatic pains in the back, and redness of the eyes, were
Aconite and Bell., at low attenuations, once in two to four hours, according
to the violence of the symptoms. For the fullness of the head, pressing
outwards, as though it would split, with pains of a rheumatic character,
Macrotin 1st, given in one grain doses, every hour or two hours, proved
specific.
These three remedies, Aconite, Bell. and Macrotin, would, in nearly all
cases, arrest the disease in the forming stage, so that no chill or fever would
occur, or, if fever did come on after this treatment, it was mild.
When the fever sets in, and the pain in the head and back increases, the
eyes, forehead and face are extremely red, or purple and hot, the pulse
frequent and full, the tongue coated white, Aconite, Belladonna and
Macrotin are still to be relied upon, but they should be given every half
hour, in rotation, at low attenuations. If the tongue is red, in the early stage,
use Bryonia in place of the Belladonna. In a later stage, when sickness or
distress at the stomach had become prominent, with the quick pulse, and
hot skin, Ipecac and Aconite, both at the 1st attenuation, a dose given every
half hour alternately, generally arrested the symptoms, and brought on
perspiration of a healthful character, followed by subsidence of the fever
and convalescence. Sponge baths, with half an ounce of Tr. Ipecac in two
quarts of tepid water, applied to the whole surface freely, under the bed
clothes, so as not to expose him to the air, contributed much towards
bringing on perspiration and subduing the fever, as well as allaying the
nausea.
When called to patients in the stage of Black Vomit, whether that came on
as an early symptom, or at a later stage, Nit. acid, Veratrum virid. and
Baptisia, all at the first dilution, were administered every hour, in rotation,
with great success, the symptoms yielding in a few hours. For the great
oppression, as of a load, in the stomach, without vomiting, Nux was found
sufficient. In the later stage, when there seemed to be no secretion of urine,
Canabis and Apis mel., gave relief.
The remedies most successful for the cases that assumed a typhoid
character, with dry, cracked tongue, sordes on the teeth, and low sluggish
pulse, were Baptisia and Bryonia, given every two hours, alternately. Nitric
acid given internally and injected into the rectum, when bloody discharges
appear, is generally quite successful.
Good nursing is of the utmost importance, and the patient should be visited
frequently by his Physician, as great changes may occur in a short time.
Three times a day is none too often to see the patient. As soon as the fever
comes on, the patient should be stripped of his clothes, and dressed in such
garments as he is to wear in bed through the attack. He should be put to bed
and lightly covered, but have sufficient to protect him from any sudden
changes in the atmosphere, and the room should be well ventillated all the
time. The baths should always be applied under the bed clothes.
The diet should be very spare and light, after the fever subsides, and while
the fever exists no food should be taken. Thin gruel, in teaspoonful doses,
once in half an hour, is best. After a day or two, the juice of beef steak may
be given in small quantities but give none of the meat. No "hearty food"
should be allowed for eight or ten days after recovery. A relapse is most
surely fatal.
As Prophylactics (preventives) of the fever, Macrotin, Bell. and Aconite

should be taken, a dose every eight to twelve hours, by every one that is
exposed. These will, no doubt, often prevent an attack, and if they do not,
they will so modify it, that it will be very mild, of short duration, and very
easily arrested.
Pregnant females, and young children were sure to die if attacked, when
treated by the Allopathic medication; but, by the use of these remedies as
preventives, their attacks were rendered so mild as to be amenable to
remedies, and all recovered.
Pleurisy--Pleuritis.
This is inflammation of the Pleura of one or both lungs, generally confined

to one side. It is known by sharp pain in the side of the chest, increased by
taking a long breath, or coughing, or by pressing between the ribs. The
cough is dry and painful, the patient makes an effort to suppress it, from the
pain it gives him; the fever is of a high grade, the pulse full, hard and
frequent, with more or less pain in the head.
TREATMENT.
Aconite is a sovereign remedy. It should be given at intervals proportionate

to the severity of the disease, once in half an hour, for about three doses,
then every hour until the patient is easy and perspires freely. This is the
course I have generally pursued, and scarce ever failed of relieving in a few
hours. Other means may often be used with advantage at the same time, and
not interfere with the action of the medicine. Put the feet and hands into
water as hot as it can be endured, and apply to the affected side very hot
cloths, hot bags of salt, or mustard. There is no harm in this, and it relieves
the pain. Let the patient drink freely of hot water, into which you may put
milk and sugar to render it palatable. If the case seems to linger, and
perspiration is tardy in appearing, give, in alternation with Aconite,
Eupatorium arom. This will soon relieve.
Inflammation of the Lungs--Pneumonia.
This disease is often connected with Pleurisy, and consists of inflammation

of the substance of the lungs. As in the former case, it may attack only one,
but may exist in both sides at the same time. If the pleura is also affected,
there will be all the symptoms of pleurisy, together with those peculiar to
inflammation of the lungs proper. They are, pain in the lungs, oppressed
breathing, cough, causing great distress on account of the soreness of the
affected parts: at first, expectoration from the lungs is nearly wanting, the
cough being dry, but after a time, there is a rattling sound on coughing, and
more or less mucous substance is with difficulty raised. This is, at first,
white or brownish, but soon becomes reddish and frothy, tinged with blood.
The patient lies on the affected side, and cannot rest on the sound side. The
pulse is full, hard and frequent, the fever high, pain in the head, and
sometimes delirium. If the disease is not arrested, the patient generally dies
from suffocation, by the lungs filling up, hepatized, or abscess and
ulceration come on, and then what is called "quick Consumption" carries
him off.
TREATMENT.
In the early stage, Aconite and Phosphorus should be used at intervals of

from half an hour to one hour, in alternation, until the fever abates, and the
oppression in the chest is relieved. If, however, there is bloody
expectoration, Bryonia may be used in place of Phosphorus, though I prefer
to use it in rotation with the two others. These will soon, in all ordinary
cases, subdue the most distressing symptoms, and effect a perfect cure in a
day or two. Belladonna should be used, when there is much delirium, or
great pain in the head. Occasionally, the cough from the beginning, is
apparently loose; there being a rattling sound, but the expectoration is
difficult, the fever high, with some chilly sensations, or at least, coldness of
the knees, feet and hands, a white or brownish fur upon the tongue, and
pain in the bowels, For such symptoms, especially with the pain in the
bowels, as though a diarrhoea would come on, give Tartar emet. It is often
one of the best remedies in this disease, affording relief when others have
failed.
After subduing the high febrile symptoms, if there remains cough,

indicating much irritation, or inflammation of the lungs, Macrotin should
be used in place of Aconite, with Phosphorus and Copaiva, the three in
rotation, two hours between doses.
Acute Bronchitis,
Inflammation of the Bronchial Tubes.
This is attended with distressing cough, profuse expectoration, oppressed

breathing, pain in the forehead, and general catarrhal symptoms. Baptisia,
Copaiva and Eupatorium arom. given every hour, in rotation, will, in
general, relieve from the acute affection in a short time; but the
Chronic Bronchitis
requires the use of Copaiva, Macrotin and Arum triphyllum, to be taken

morning, noon, and night, in the order named; or, if the cough be severe,
they should be used every three hours. These will be sufficient to effect a
cure.
Coughs
Generally, unless they arise from consumption, yield readily to the alternate
use of Copaiva, Phosphorus and Macrotin, a dose given once in from three
to six hours. If, however, there is soreness of the throat, redness and
soreness of the tonsils, palate, and fauces, or soreness of the larynx, with
hoarseness, Arum triphyllum and Hydrastus Can. are the surest remedies.
They rarely ever fail of effecting a complete cure in a few days. They
should be used three or four times a day. They may be used with the other
medicines recommended for coughs. In acute
Sore Throat,
arising from sudden cold, Arum triphyllum and Eupatorium aromaticum are
the remedies to be relied upon. If the tonsils seem to be mainly involved,
constituting
Quinsy--Tonsilitis,
Belladonna and Aconite should be given, while there is high fever, then
substitute for them, Arum tri. and Phosphorus; or, these may be used in
rotation with the former, a dose every hour or oftener.
Inflammation of the Bowels.--Enteritis.
This consists in inflammation of the muscular and peritoneal coats of the

intestines, sometimes also involving the mucous coat.
The pain in the abdomen is constant, intense and burning in its character,
felt most at the navel; the abdomen is extremely tender to pressure, and
often bloated or tympanetic.
Thirst is intense, but cold drinks distress and vomit the patient. The pulse is
small, feeble and frequent, and the bowels costive. This is a very dangerous
disease. It is sometimes connected with inflammation of the stomach, then
called gastro-enteritis. The tongue is then red and pointed, the nausea and
vomiting are more violent and constant, the thirst burning and insatiable.
TREATMENT.
The same medicines are applicable to both Gastritis and Enteritis.
Aconite, Arsenicum and Baptisia should be used one following the other
every half hour until the symptoms begin to subside, then let the intervals
be lengthened.
In addition to these remedies, I allow the patient to drink often and freely of
hot water, as hot as can be swallowed, and though it is at first almost
instantly rejected by the stomach, by repeating it in a few minutes in
moderate quantities, it gives relief and will soon so allay the irritation as to
remain. In some cases the vomiting is severe, the bowels are loose, and
pain burning. For such, Tart. Emet. is the proper remedy. Cold drinks
should not be taken.
Cloths wet in cold water, ice water if it is at hand, and wrung out so as not
to drip, should be laid over the whole abdomen and instantly covered with
two or three thicknesses of warm dry flannel, and the patient's feet kept
warm. This may be considered harsh treatment, but there is no danger in it;
on the contrary I have, in the worst and most alarming cases of gastritis and
peritonitis, made such applications, and in less than an hour have seen my
patient easy and beginning to perspire freely, all danger having passed. It
always affords more or less relief and is never attended with danger.
Covering the wet cloths immediately with plenty of dry ones is very
essential.
After the acute inflammation has subsided, it is well to have the bowels
moved, but don't give drastic cathartics. Nux Vomica given at night and
repeated morning and noon, will generally serve to cause an evacuation.
Injections may be used.
Croup.
This is a disease of children. Comes on in consequence of a sudden cold.

Children suffering from Hooping Cough are more subject to it. The cough
is of a peculiar whistling kind, like the crowing of a young chicken, with
rattling in the throat and difficult breathing, fever is present, and often very
violent. It is properly an inflammation of the Larynx, but the inflammation
may also exist in the Pharynx, the tonsils may be involved, and it may
extend to the trachia, (wind pipe). A false membrane forms in the larynx if
the disease is not arrested, and so obstructs the breathing as to cause death
from suffocation.
TREATMENT.
Give at first Aconite, Phosphoric Acid, and Spongia, giving them in the
order here named once in ten minutes in a very violent case, and as the
patient improves at intervals of half an hour, and then an hour.
Should the fever subside, and still the tightness in the throat and cough
continue to be troublesome, give Ipecac in place of Aconite. And when the
cough seems to be deep seated use Bryonia instead of spongia.
The patient should be kept in a warm room, and free from exposure to
currents of cold air. The application of a cloth wrung out of cold or ice
water to the throat, covered immediately with dry warm flannels so as to
exclude the air from the wet cloth, will often exert a decidedly beneficial
effect, and there is no danger if managed as here directed. The feet should
be kept warm and the head cool, but don't put cold water on a child's head.
Asthma.
If an attack comes on from sudden cold, take Aconite and Ipecac every hour
for a day, and if any symptoms remain, in place of the Aconite use
Copaiva, Arsenicum and Phos. Acid with the Ipecac, giving them in
rotation, a dose every hour.
In Chronic Asthma, where the patient is liable to an attack at any time,

great benefit will be derived from taking these four in rotation about two
hours apart for a day or two, at any time when symptoms of an attack begin
to appear.
I have recently succeeded in alleviating several bad cases, at once, by these

four remedies in succession as here recommended, on whom (some of
them) I had at various times tried all of them, as well as other medicines,
singly at longer intervals, as directed in the Books, without any decided
benefit. After trying these in succession, as here directed, I found no trouble
in arresting the paroxysm in a few hours, and I am strong in the faith that
with some, at least, I have effected cures. It is worth much to arrest the
paroxysm if no more.
Hooping Cough.
According to my experience, though this disease may not be entirely

arrested in its course, and not generally much abridged in its duration, still
the use of appropriate medicines will greatly modify it, and render it a
comparatively trifling affection.
In treatment, give at the commencement of the attack Bell. and Phos. acid
alternately every twelve hours for a week, then once in six hours, and if the
child should take cold so as to bring on fever, give one every hour.
Continue these, as above directed, for the first two or three weeks, then, in
their stead, after the cough becomes loose, and the patient vomits easily,
give Copaiva and Ipecac in the same manner as directed, for the two
former remedies.
Dyspepsia.
This term is applied so loosely and so indiscriminately to all chronic

derangements of the stomach, that it is difficult to define it. I shall therefore
point out some of the more common ailments of the stomach and their
proper remedies.
For sour eructations with hot, burning, scalding fluid rising up in the throat,
with or without food, give Phos. acid and Pulsatilla in alternation every
half hour, until the stomach is easy. For a feeling of weight and pain in the
stomach, with dull pain in the head, with or without dizziness, give Nux.
Vom. every hour until it relieves. If there is a burning feeling in the
stomach as well as the heavy load, without eructations and rising of fluid,
Arsenicum should be alternated with the Nux. Vom., at intervals of two
hours. There are persons who, from imprudence in eating or drinking or
both, or which is more frequent, from harsh drug medication, have so
enfeebled their stomachs, that, though by care in selecting their food, and
prudence in taking it, they may suffer but little, are, nevertheless, when
from home or on special occasions, liable to overeat or take the wrong kind
of food, from which unfortunate circumstance they are made to suffer the
most tormenting and intolerable distress in the stomach and bowels, which
may last, more or less severe, for several days. Soon after the unfortunate
meal, perhaps the next morning, or, it may be, in a few hours, the stomach
begins to bloat, by accumulating gas within, which is belched up every few
minutes in large quantities; the stomach and bowels are racked with the
most torturing pains; cold sweat stands on the brow, and he is the very
picture of misery. Thus he may roll and tumble all night, and remain in
misery the next day and several days longer, before the food will digest. It
often passes from the stomach without digestion, and on its way through
the bowels inflicts constant pain. If he does not take some emetic
substance, he is not apt to vomit, his stomach cramping so as to prevent it.
I have here described one of the bad cases, but bad as it is they are by no
means very rare. There are such cases in abundance, of all grades from the
one here described down to a slight derangement. They all require a similar
course of treatment.
It is useful for such patients to take at once large quantities of lukewarm

water, and repeat the draught every ten to fifteen minutes, until free and
thorough vomiting is induced, so as to throw off all the food from the
stomach.
But even this does not often cure these bad cases. If it did, it is not always
convenient to do it. The medicine that is quite certain to afford relief at
once is Podophyllin. Let it be given, and the dose repeated in an hour. A
third dose is rarely necessary. After relief from this attack, the medicine
should be taken night and morning for a month or more until the stomach is
restored. In the meantime care should be taken not to overload the stomach.
Constipation.
The medicine for this affection is Nux vom., to be taken at night on retiring.
If there is fulness and pain in the head from costiveness, Bell. should be
used in the morning, and at noon. Let the patient contract a habit of
drinking cold water freely on rising in the morning, at least half an hour
before eating. The patient should not take physic.
For constipation of children, Nux and Bryonia are to be given Nux at night
and Bryonia in the morning. Opium is useful.
Much needless alarm is often felt by persons on account of a costive state

of the bowels. If no pain is felt from it, there is no cause for alarm.
"Heartburn."
This peculiar burning and distressed feeling at the stomach depends on

imperfect digestion, but is not ordinarily, as is generally supposed,
connected with a sour or acid state of the fluids in the stomach. The
condition of the fluids is alkaline, in most cases, though it is sometimes
acid. If it depends upon biliary derangement, Nux Vomica and Podophyllin
are the remedies for a male; Pulsatilla and Podophyllin for a female.
Erysipelas.
This is a disease of the skin, producing redness, burning and itching pains,
appearing in patches, in adults, most apt to appear about the head and face,
but in children, upon the limbs, or in very young children, beginning at the
umbilicus. It sometimes begins at one point, and continues to spread for a
time, then suddenly disappears, and reappears at some other point.
Simple Erysipelas only affects the surface, with redness and smarting.
Vessicular, produces vessicular eruption, or blisters filled with a limpid
fluid, somewhat like the blisters from a burn.
The Phlegmonous Erysipelas affects the whole thickness of the skin and
cellular tissues beneath it, producing swelling, and not unfrequently,
resulting in suppuration, ulceration or gangrene and sloughing of the parts.
It is a dangerous disease, especially when on the head.
TREATMENT.
For the simple kind, Bell. is all that will be needed, unless there should be
considerable fever, when Aconite should be alternated with the Bell. For the
vessicular kind, where there are blisters, Rhus tox. should be used with
Bell. For the Phlegmonous, with deep seated swellings, Apis mel is the most
important remedy. I prefer to use three of these remedies, giving them in
rotation, beginning with the Bell., followed with Rhus, and then by Apis
mel. giving them one hour apart. In a mild case, or after the patient begins
to recover, give them at longer intervals. The Apis alone will often be
sufficient. During the whole time, the affected parts should be kept covered
with dry, superfine flour, some say Buckwheat flour acts most favorably.
The diet should be very spare. Eat as little as possible, until the disease
begins to subside.
A very important part of the treatment of this affection is to keep the patient
in a room that is comfortably warm, say at a temperature of from 65 to 75°,
and keep the temperature uniformly the same, as nearly as possible, night
and day. Do not, by any means, expose him suddenly to cold air, or a cold
breeze, as on going into a cold room, going out into cold air, or undressing
or dressing in a cold room. Uniformly warm temperature is of great
importance.
Burns and Scalds.
No matter what the nature and extent of the burn may be, the very best of
all medicines of which I have any knowledge, is Soap. If the parts affected,
are immediately immersed or enveloped in Soft Soap, the pain will be
greatly lessened, and the inflammation that would otherwise follow, will be
essentially modified, if not entirely prevented. It acts like magic; no one
who has never tried it can have any idea of its potency for the relief of pain,
together with the prevention of bad consequences following severe burning.
Under the influence of the Soap applications, burns and scalds will often be
rendered comparatively insignificant injuries. Instead of endangering the
life of the sufferer from the excessive pain, or the ulceration, or gangrene
and sloughing that would follow if the pain in the first instance does not
destroy life, the pain ceases, or becomes bearable in a short time, and either
little or no suppuration or sloughing takes place, or the sore assumes the
appearance of healthy suppuration, and heals kindly--avoiding those
unsightly deformities that so commonly follow severe burning. If
practicable, the soap, as before suggested, should be applied immediately
after the burn, the sooner the better. The part may be put into soft soap, or
cloths saturated with it can be wrapped around or covered over the affected
surface, to any desirable extent. The parts should not be exposed to the air
for a single moment, when possible to prevent it. During the first two or
three days, dressings need not be removed, unless they cause irritation after
the first severe pain has subsided. They should be kept all of the time moist,
and as far as practicable, in a condition to be impervious to the air.
When it is necessary to remove them, let the affected surface be immersed

in strong soap suds, at a temperature of about 75 or 80°, and the dressing
removed while it is under water, and others applied while in the same
situation. In ordinary cases, however, even of extensive burns, after the
fever consequent upon it has subsided, and the part is tolerably free from
pain and smarting, the dressings may be removed in the air, but others
should be in readiness and applied as speedily as possible. The soap
dressings are to be continued from the beginning until the inflammation has
subsided and the sore has lost all symptoms that distinguish it from an
ordinary healthy suppurating sore.
After the first few days, or in case of a slight burn at the beginning, an
excellent mode of applying the soap, is to make a strong thick "Lather"
with soft water and good soap, such as Castile, or any other good hard soap,
as a barber would for shaving, and apply that to the affected part with a soft
shaving brush; apply it as carefully as possible, so as to cover every part of
the surface, and go over it several times, letting the former coat dry a little
before applying another, forming a thick crust impervious to the air. In
small burns, and even in pretty extensive and severe ones, this is the best
mode of application, and the only one necessary.
In many cases of very severe and dangerous burns, under the influence of
this application, the inflammation subsides, and after a week or more, the
crust of lather comes off, exposing the surface smooth and well. Although
it is important to apply the soap early, and the case does much better if that
has been done, still I have found it the best remedy even as late as the
second or third day. In such a case, the lather application is the best.
For the fever and general nervous disturbance, Aconite and Bell. should be
given alternately, as often as every half hour, and the Aconite should be
given in appreciable doses; it acts powerfully as an anodyne. The soap
treatment, or at least, the mode of applying it was first suggested to me by
Dr. J. TIFFT, of Norwalk, Ohio, some six or seven years ago, since which
time I have had opportunities of testing its virtues in all forms of burns and
scalds, some of which were of the severest and most dangerous character,
and I am quite sure in several cases, no other remedy or process known to
the medical profession, could have relieved and restored as this did.
The application of finely pulverized common salt, triturated with an equal

part of superfine flour, acts very beneficially on burns. It seems to have the
specific effect to "extract the heat," literally putting out the fire. It is
particularly useful for deep burns where the surface is abraded. Some may
suppose this would be severe and cause too much pain when applied to a
raw surface, but so far from that being the case, it is a most soothing
application. It often so changes the condition of even the severest burns, in

a short time, as to render them of no more importance and no more
dangerous than ordinary abrasions to the same extent, by causes
unconnected with heat. Urtica urens is directed for burns, and is useful, but
the Urtica dioica is better. For
Chilblains,
That follow freezing or chilling the feet, causing most distressing

uneasiness and itching of the feet and toes, take these remedies, Rhus and
Apis, the former at night and the latter in the morning. In bad cases, they
should be used once in six hours. Applications of Oil of Arnica to the
affected parts at night, warming them before a fire, will serve greatly to
palliate the sufferings, and frequently effect a perfect cure. The Urtica
Dioica will relieve recent cases, immediately, and is one of the best
remedies for the chronic affection. It should be taken at the 2d dilution, and
the tincture applied to the affected part every night.
Hoarseness.
This arises generally, from inflammation of the mucous membrane of the

Larynx, in ordinary cases but slight. It is a frequent accompaniment of
Bronchitis.
The remedies most useful, and those which will, in almost all ordinary
cases, remove this affection at once, are Arum tri. and Copaiva, to be taken
a dose every three hours in alternation.
If there is present a dry hacking cough, it will be well to take Bell. in the
interval between the other medicines, for a day, or until the cough is
relieved, or changed to a moist condition.
Inflammation of the Brain.
Brain Fever.
Though this affection is not strictly what is called "brain fever," it is

attended with more or less general fever, while in what is called "Brain
fever," there is great irritation of the brain, requiring in many respects
similar treatment. As the treatment proper for inflammation of the brain,
with some slight modifications in relation to the existing fever, will be
applicable to both, I shall treat of them under one head.
Some of the principal symptoms are delirium and drowsiness, fullness of

the blood vessels of the head, beating of the temporal arteries, redness and
fullness of the face, the pupils dilated, (though in the very early stage they
may be contracted.) If the membranes of the brain be the seat of the disease,
the pain is more intense, and frequently the limbs are in a palsied state. The
patient sometimes vomits immoderately, and the pulse is slow and
irregular, but full. The breathing becomes stertorous. The fever is very
considerable, and the head hot.
TREATMENT.
Aconite, Belladonna and Bryonia should be given in rotation, one dose

every hour in a violent case, lengthening the intervals as the symptoms
abate. Applying hot cloths to the head, removing them occasionally to let
the water evaporate, will greatly palliate and will not in the least, interrupt
the action of the medicines. Never apply cold to the head of any person,
when hot or inflamed, much less to that of a child. Children are often killed
by the application of ice to the head, producing congestion and paralysis of
the brain. Hot applications are Homoeopathic to the state then existing, and
always beneficial. The feet may also be placed in hot water, but children
should never be put into a hot or warm bath when sick, so as to cover more
than the lower extremities.
Convulsions of Children--Fits.
These generally occur, either from the irritation of worms, or as precursors

of ague, or they may arise from diarrhoeal irritation, affecting the brain.
They sometimes occur in hooping cough.
If convulsions occur from worms, the child appearing to be choked, give at

once some salt and water, and as soon as the first paroxysm is over, give a
dose of Bell., and after an hour a dose of Santonine. If they come on at the
commencement of an ague chill, give Aconite and Bell. every half hour for
three or four doses alternately, then leave off the Bell. and give Baptisia. If
diarrhoea is the cause, give Bell. and Cham omilla. If from hooping cough,
Bell. alone should be used.
Measles.
This is a contagious disease, and always begins with symptoms like a cold,
with high fever, and a severe dry cough, thirst and restlessness. Pulsatilla is
the proper medicine to palliate and regulate the symptoms. If the fever is
high, Aconite should be used every two hours alternately with Puls. Should
the eruption subside suddenly, give Bryonia with Pulsatilla until it
reappears.
Let the child drink freely of cold water, and avoid stimulants of every kind.
If the eruption is tardy in its appearance, a hot bath may be administered,
being careful to have the room quite warm, and to rub the patient dry, very
suddenly after the bath. Frictions by the healthy hand over the surface, will
do much towards bringing out measles. After the eruption is out, quiet,
freedom from sudden exposure to cold, cold water and light diet is all that
is necessary. In some of the most obstinate cases, where the eruptions failed
to appear in the proper time, as well as where they had receded too soon, I
have been able to bring them out in a short time with an infusion of
Sassafras root, sweetened and taken quite warm, in doses of half an ounce
in fifteen to thirty minutes. It is a remedy for measles well worth attention.
Mumps.
This is a contagious disease, consisting in an inflammation of the Parotid

gland. There is, at first, a sense of stiffness and soreness on moving the jaw,
soon after the gland begins to swell, and continues to be sore and painful,
with more or less headache, and general fever for from six to eight days. It
is not ordinarily a dangerous disease, unless translated to some other part. It
may remove from the original seat to the brain, the testicles, or in females
to the breasts.
TREATMENT.
Mercurius should be given three times a day during the attack. If the brain
becomes affected, use Bell. and Apis mel. in alternation. Should it recede to
the testicles, or to the female breasts, Apis mel. is the remedy. Mercurius
may be used in connection with the Apis as soon as the violent symptoms
have subsided, in order to prevent permanent glandular swellings.
Stings of Insects.
The effect produced by the sting of Bees, Wasps, and Hornets of all kinds,
is so nearly, if not quite identical, that I shall make no distinction between
them. There are very few, if any persons, who do not know the symptoms,
at least the local effects of the Bee sting. Pungent, stinging, aching pain,
redness and swelling of the part. The wound has at first, and for some time,
a white spot or point where the sting entered, surrounded by an areola of
bright scarlet, growing fainter and paler as it recedes. The swelling is not
pointed, but a rounded elevation, with a feeling of hardness. If upon the
face, it not unfrequently causes the whole face to swell so as to nearly if not
entirely close the eyes. In some instances, the brain becomes affected and
death ensues.
TREATMENT.
I have for many years, used but one remedy, and that has in all cases, and
under all circumstances, when applied at any stage of the affection,
produced prompt and perfect relief; therefore I shall recommend no other. It
is the common garden Onion, (Allium cepa) applied to the spot where the
sting entered. I cut the fresh Onion and apply the raw surface to the spot,
changing it for a fresh piece every ten to fifteen minutes, until the pain and
swelling, and all disagreeable symptoms disappear. If it is applied
immediately after the stinging, the first application will afford perfect relief
in a few minutes, and no further effect from it will be experienced. Applied
later, it must be continued longer, and this may be done one or two days
after the stinging, with just as much certainty of removing whatever
symptoms may still exist.
I treated one case when three days had elapsed, the patient (a young lady)
was delirious and speechless, the whole face was so swollen as to entirely
disfigure her features, raising the cheeks to a level with the nose, and
closing the eyes. Her life was almost despaired of. The surface of a freshly
cut onion was applied to the point where the sting entered, and changed
about once an hour for a fresh piece. In a few hours consciousness returned,
and a rapid recovery followed. All the swelling and disagreeable symptoms
were gone in three days.
Ledum is highly recommended by some Physicians, and is doubtless of

some value, but it is not to be compared with the Allium.
The most potent and certain remedy for the poison caused by the
Bite of the Rattlesnake
is Alcohol, in the ordinary form, or in common Whisky, Brandy, Rum or

Gin. Let the patient drink it freely, a gill or more at a time, once in fifteen
to twenty minutes, until some symptoms of intoxication are experienced,
then cease using it. The cure will be complete as soon as enough has been
taken to produce even slight symptoms of intoxication. It is remarkable
how much alcohol a patient suffering from the poison of the Rattlesnake
will bear.
An intelligent medical friend of mine in Kanawha County, Virginia, gave a

little girl of ten years, who had been bitten by a Rattlesnake, over three
quarts of good strong Whisky, in less than a day, when but slight symptoms
of intoxication were produced, and that seemed to arise entirely from the
last drink. She recovered from the intoxication in a few hours, and suffered
no more from the poison of the serpent.
Instances of cures with whisky are numerous, and I have never heard of a
failure, when it was used as here directed. I presume it will do the same for
the poison of other serpents.
Headache.
This symptom or affection, (if it can be classed as a disease) may depend

upon so many causes, and be so very different in its effects, degrees of
intensity, and the kind of pain or sensation attending it, that one will find it
very difficult to mark out any definite treatment. I shall, therefore, only
point out some of the more frequent cases, and the indications for certain
remedies.
What is called "sick headache," or "nervous headache," begins by a sense

of blindness or blur, before the eyes, of green or purple colors, dazzling or
swimming in the head, without, for some time at first, any positive aching
or pain. In the course of an hour, a longer or shorter time, the dimness of
vision goes off, and the head begins to ache. This may or may not be
accompanied with nausea and vomiting. Some persons are always more or
less sick at the stomach, when these "nervous headaches" come on, others
are not thus affected.
TREATMENT.
If taken as soon as the first blur before the eyes is noticed, or before any
pain is felt in the head, Nux Vomica will, in nearly all cases, arrest the
disease at once. It may be necessary to take two or three doses at intervals
of an hour. Later in the case, though Nux may palliate, it will not cure.
If headache with sickness comes on, Macrotin and Podoph. should be given
in alternation, every half hour, if the symptoms are very severe, and the
nausea great; but in a mild case, give it once an hour, lengthening the
interval as the symptoms abate.
If the feet are cold, as is often the case, putting them into hot water will
palliate the symptoms, and not interfere with the medicines.
If the head feels hot, apply hot water to it. Never apply cold to the head,
when there are any symptoms of congestion, as of fullness of the blood
vessels. For
Common Headache,
If the face is red, and the arteries of the neck and temples throb violently,
give Bell. If there is paleness and faintness, Pulsatilla is the remedy,
especially if the forehead is principally affected. If the pain is mostly in the
back of the head, Nux is to be used; if in the front, and is sharp, affecting
the eyes, Aconite; if at the angles of the forehead, with a sense of pinching,
Arnica; if a sense of fullness and pressing outwards, or with an enlarged
feeling, Macrotin; if intermitting or remitting, Mercurius; if there is ringing
in the ears, China. Headache from fright should have Aconite.
For that kind of headache that often occurs during the prevalence of fevers,
and is not unfrequently a premonitory symptom of an attack of fever, I have
found Baptisia and Podophyllin to be specifics. I give them alternately,
every two hours a dose, until the headache ceases. It often subsides in a few
minutes after the first dose of either, though I have sometimes failed with
one alone and succeeded in the same cases afterwards with both in
alternation. I have no doubt but that they act in many cases, as
Prophylactics, entirely warding off and preventing fevers, or at least
arresting them at the premonitory stage. Podophyllin is a most valuable
remedy for headache.
Nose Bleed--Epistaxis.
If it arises from fullness of the vessels of the head, with throbbing of the
temples, redness of the face and eyes, Belladonna is the remedy. If fever is
present, Aconite must be alternated with Bell.
In females or children who have habitual nose-bleed, Pulsatilla and

Podophyllin are to be used alternately, night and morning. During the
paroxysm of bleeding, Arnica should be used, one dose repeated in a half
hour if it continues.
If it is produced by over-exertion, Rhus is the proper remedy. If it occurs in

the early stage of fever, Aconite and Bell.; in the latter stage, Rhus and
Phos. are to be used. Hamamelis will frequently arrest nose-bleed
immediately after one or two doses.
Worms.
It is difficult to determine the presence of worms in children, much more in

adults, yet both are affected by them occasionally. In children, there is more
or less fever and restlessness, screaming out in sleep, starting, pain in the
bowels, vomiting, choking, diarrhoea, picking at the nose, fetid breath,
voracious and variable appetite.
TREATMENT.
Santonine is a remedy which I have used for years, and I have treated many
hundreds of cases, with such unvariable success, that I feel disinclined to
use or to recommend any other. It brings away the worms entire, and
relieves the patient of all morbid symptoms immediately, or in much less
time than any other remedy of which I have any knowledge. It seems to act
specifically upon the worms, causing them to leave the bowels by being
evacuated with the feces, without producing any sensible impression upon
the bowels, the evacuations remaining natural, if they were so, or becoming
so, if deranged, and the worms coming away not quite lifeless.
I have often prescribed this remedy for children suffering under intermittent
or remitting, and even typhoid fever, in the summer season, when there
were not present any well defined symptoms of worms, and yet the fever
would soon abate, and in due time worms appear in the fecal evacuations. It
often arrests entirely intermittent fever, when worms are present, and are
the probable cause of the fever.
I give either the crude salt in from one-fourth to one-half grain doses, or a
trituration of one grain to four of sugar, giving in the latter case, from one
to two grains of the trituration. Give one dose at bed-time, or in an urgent
case at any other time, but never repeat the dose under thirty-six hours, and
in an ordinary case, under forty-eight hours.
This is the medicine par excellence for worms. It may be repeated once a
week, when there is a tendency in the patient to the development of worm
symptoms, or, in other words, the breeding of worms. The idea held out by
some that it is hurtful, or unimportant to remove the worms, in itself
considered, is simply nonsense, and worse, for children are sometimes
sacrificed to this idea.
Earache--Otalgia.
This may arise from various causes, but a common one is sudden cold. If it
arises from cold, and there is general fever, or if the ear is red, or the side of
the head and ear hot, Bell. and Baptisia should be given in alternation,
every hour, or in a violent case, more frequently. These remedies will soon
relieve such cases. Cloths wrung out of hot water should be laid over the
ear, or the side of the head steamed, or it may be laid into water quite
warm, with good effect.
Where the disease is a chronic affection, and the patient is subject to

frequent attacks of pain in the ear, especially on a change of the weather,
from dry to moist, Mercurius is the proper remedy, especially if it is worse
at night, when warm in bed.
If it arises from a shock or blow, Arn. is to be used. In scrofulous persons,

whether there is ulceration or not, Phosphorus and Pulsatilla are the
remedies.
Children and even adults, not unfrequently suffer from earache, without
any known cause sufficient to account for it. On examination into the ear
you will often find either the cavity filled or nearly so, with a hard black
substance, (the inspissated "earwax") almost as hard as horn, or else the ear
will be quite empty, and the sides of the cavity dry and red, though perhaps
not properly in a state of inflammation.
The natural condition of the cavity as it can be seen by straining the ear
outwards and backwards a little in a strong sun light, is moist, the surface
covered slightly with a yellowish, greasy, soft substance (the cerumen)
"earwax." When this is wanting or in excess, or its character changed, it is
evidence of disease, and pain is likely to occur. The
TREATMENT
for this condition is to remove the accumulation when that exists, as the
first step. But this must be first softened by pouring some warm oil, pure
olive oil, or good pure sperm oil, into the ear, and repeat it two or three
times a day for several days, until it is so far softened as to be easily
removed with the probe end of common small tweezers, having a
spoon-bowl point.
When there is dryness, moisten the surface with oil. In either case, it is best,
for a while, to protect the delicate surface from the air, by putting oiled
wool into the external ear.
If the ear was filled, give Mercurius once a day until there appears a natural
secretion. If dry, use Belladonna.
Toothache.
It is difficult to determine the cause of toothache, and more difficult to

select the remedy. It often depends upon decay of the tooth, and exposure
of the nerve to air, and contact with food or drinks, or even saliva, which
irritate and produce pain.
Pulsatilla will as often relieve such cases as any other remedy, yet if it has
been aggravated by a recent cold, Bell. and Nux V. may be better. If the
nerve is not exposed, and there is a disposition to a return of the pain on
exposure to cold air, or a change of weather, the pain being of a rheumatic
character, give Rhus and Macrotin in alternation. These will relieve many
cases. For decayed teeth, the pain being dull aching, with soreness, use
Chamomilla. The body of the tooth, that is the dentine, sometimes becomes
very sensitive when there is no decay or cavity, the pain being experienced
when some hard substance hits, or the air or water, either cold or hot,
comes in contact with the tooth. The temporary pain will generally yield to
Arnica, and in most instances, the daily use of Arnica at the first decimal
dilution, applied to the surface, and upon the jaws, will effect a cure.
The chloride of Zinc applied to the surface of such teeth for a few moments
will destroy the sensitiveness of the dentine.
Teeth that are ulcerated at the roots, or have ulcerated gums around them,
the teeth being decayed, should be extracted at once, for, besides the pain
and inconvenience they cause, they are a very prolific source of disturbance
to the digestive organs, from the positive poison generated by the decaying
process.
If people will use soft brushes upon the teeth with soap and water, followed
by rinsing with simple water only, after each meal, brushing both inside
and out and crossways, so as to clean between them, they will be saved
much pain and decay, and disease of other parts, arising from foul and
diseased teeth.
Teething of Children.
Affections arising from teething of children, are often of a serious

character. The most prominent of which is Diarrhoea. Fever frequently
accompanies the diarrhoea, and convulsions occasionally occur. Aconite
and Chamomilla should be used in alternation, every one or two hours,
according to the violence of the fever, and if convulsions occur, or are
threatened, as will be known by twitching, starting, and screaming, use Nux
and Bell. These may be given in rotation with the others, following the
remedies, one after the other, every hour. I have relieved the most alarming
cases in a day by this method of procedure, that had not yielded to either of
the single remedies for several days, given as directed in the books; the
patient growing worse continually. If the gums over the teeth look white
and the teeth, (one or more,) are near the surface, the gums should, by all
means, be cut. Press the point of a lancet or penknife down upon the top of
the gum, until the tooth is plainly felt, and be sure to make the cut as wide
as the tooth. Rub the gums with Arnicated water once or twice a day.
Pulsatilla should be given at night and Chamomilla in the morning, during
the whole summer while the child is teething, as a prophylactic against the
fever and diarrhoea that is likely to occur. It will generally save all trouble.
If the diarrhoea is profuse, watery and light colored or brown, give Phos.
acid and Veratrum alternately, as often as the discharges occur. For the
restlessness of infants at night, Coffea is the specific.
Apthæ--Thrush.
This is a disease peculiar to nursing children. The mouth becomes sore, and
the tongue, lips, and fauces are covered with a white crust, looking like
milk curds, which, when removed, leaves the surface red, inflamed and
very tender. It sooner or later, extends to the stomach and bowels,
producing severe and dangerous diarrhoea.
TREATMENT.
Of all the medicines known to our Materia Medica, none, according to my

experience, will in the least, compare with the Eupatorium aromaticum. It
is almost, if not quite certain to relieve speedily in all cases. I say this, not
only from my own experience and observation, but from the testimony of
several other Homoeopathic Physicians, who have, within the last year,
used it.
It should be given at the first or second dilution, once in four or six hours,
and three or four drops of the tincture put into a teaspoonful of water, and
the mouth occasionally washed with the mixture.
In summer, where agues prevail, and the child is feverish and restless,
China will aid in the cure, to be given once in six hours between the doses
of the Eupatorium. If the diarrhoea is obstinate, the discharges colored, and
the child is sick at the stomach, give Podophyllin with the other remedies.
Inflammation of the Eyes--Ophthalmia.
For common Ophthalmia, in the early stages, while there is more or less
fever and headache, with flushed face, bloodshot eyes and throbbing of the
temporal arteries, Bell. and Aconite should be used alternately every two
hours, and a wash made with ten drops of tincture of Aconite to one gill of
pure water, applied to the eyes as hot as the patient can bear. This
application should be repeated every two hours, in a violent case, until the
eyes are easy, and then about twice a day until all inflammation and redness
pass off. This will relieve a large proportion of cases in from one to four
days.
If, however, the case continues obstinate for a longer time, or has been of a
week or more standing before the treatment is commenced, in the place of
Bell., or after using it one or two days, use Hydrastus with the Aconite,
giving them alternately at intervals of two to six hours, according to the
stage of the case--more frequently as the symptoms are more urgent, using
washes prepared of each separately, as directed for Aconite, except that the
Hydrastus wash may be twice as strong; and apply each about half as often
as the same medicine is taken internally. The wash should, in all cases of
acute inflammation of the eyes, be as hot as it can be borne. Let it be put
into the eyes so as to come directly in contact with the inflamed surface.
Simple hot water applied to inflamed eyes for hours together, allowing
short intervals between the applications, will often cure most painful cases.
Never apply cold to inflamed eyes. It always aggravates. When the

inflammation is in a scrofulous person, especially in infants, it assumes a
purulent character, and may leave the cornea in clouded (nebulous)
condition, and the sight more or less obliterated. For this condition use
Conium first, and apply it in tinct., half water, to the eyes every four hours.
Wounds and Bruises.
On this subject, I must necessarily be very brief. When a wound is inflicted,

the first and most important thing to be done is to arrest the flow of blood.
Every one should know how to do this. The bleeding is to be stopped, and
the wounded vessels to be secured, so that no further flow can take place.
First, then, to stop the bleeding, pressure is to be made upon the artery
leading to the wound. If the wound is in the leg or foot, pressure is to be
made, either on the vessel above and near the wound, or, where that cannot
be easily found and compressed, make firm pressure with the thumb or
some hard substance, in the groin, about two and a half inches at one side
of the center of the pelvis, (wounded side) just below the lower margin of
the belly, towards the inner side of the thigh, where the great artery
(Femoral artery) can be felt pulsating. By pressing firmly upon this artery,
the blood is arrested in its flow into the limb, and of course the bleeding
from the wound soon ceases. If the wound is in the arm or hand, pressure is
to be made, either just above the wound, or on the inside of the arm, about
one-third of the way from the shoulder to the elbow, where the artery
(Brachial) can be felt. To secure the parts from further bleeding, the
wounded artery must be taken up and tied. Let it be seized by forceps, or
the point of a needle may be thrust into it, and the vessel stretched out a
little, a thread put round it and tied; cut off one end of the tie, and let the
other hang out of the wound, until it comes out by the vessel sloughing off.
Bring the lips of the wound together, and if it is large, put in stitches
enough to hold them, and put on an adhesive plaster, compress of cloths,
and bandages to keep it from straining the stitches, and protect it from the
air. The Arnica plaster, made by JOHN HALL, of Cleveland, is the best
adhesive plaster of which I have any knowledge. Give the patient Aconite
once in two hours, for a day after the accident.
Slight Cuts about the joints, especially the knee, are dangerous, from their
liability to affect the ligaments, inflame, and produce Lockjaw. Therefore,
such wounds, ever so slight, are of great importance. They should be at
once closed up, whether they bleed or not, and covered with an adhesive
plaster, (Arnica plaster is the best) a bandage, and the knee should not be
bent, even when walking or sitting, until the wound is healed. It is best to
apply a splint from the hip to the heel, and bandage the limb to it, so as to
prevent bending of the joint.
Bruises are to be treated with Arnica, applied to the part affected, by

putting twenty drops of the tincture into a gill of water, if the skin is not
ruptured, or three drops into the same if it is, and bathing freely. The Arnica
is to be taken internally at a higher dilution. Keep the parts covered with
cloths and wet in Arnica water.
If a blow is received upon the head, by a fall, or in any other way,

producing a "stunning" effect, (concussion of the brain) so that the patient
appears lifeless for a time, and delirious when he begins to come to, there is
great danger of inflammation of the brain, and death from the re-action, or
in some cases, the shock is so great that the patient will never revive unless
he has the proper aid.
Arnica is the great remedy to bring on reaction, arouse the patient, and
prevent dangerous inflammation or congestion of the brain.
When a patient is "stunned" by a blow or fall, he should be conveyed soon

as possible, to some quiet place, and as little noise as practicable made
about him, and the room kept darkened. Arnica 3d should be given
immediately, and the nostrils wet with strongly arnicated water.
If fever arise after he comes to, Aconite should be given with Arnica, and if
the head aches, or becomes hot, Bell. is to be used. This will prevent or
arrest all symptoms of inflammation.
Torn and Mangled wounds should not be handled much. If they bleed, the
blood must be stopped as in any other case. If they are dirty, warm water
may be gently applied to cleanse them. The wound should be covered with
some soft cloths, and kept constantly wet in Arnicated water of the strength
of four drops of the tincture to a pint of water.
Piles--Hemorrhoids.
One important matter in all cases of habitual piles, is, to keep the bowels
regular. Much can be done for this purpose by diet and regimen. On rising
from bed in the morning drink freely, from a gill to half a pint of cold
water, at least half an hour before breakfast; use such diet as is easily
digested, and drink no alcoholic beverages. To relieve the bowels when
costive, take a dose of Nux Vomica at night, and Podophyllin in the
morning. This may be repeated from day to day until the proper effect is
produced.
To relieve from a severe attack of Piles, use Bell. and Podophyllin in

alternation every four hours, and apply to the tumors when inflamed, cloths
wrung out of hot water, or sit in hot water for a time.
A poultice made of fine-cut Tobacco wet in hot water and crowded firmly
up against the pile-tumors, secured by a T bandage, will relieve the most
desperate cases for the time, and is attended with no danger or disagreeable
symptoms except in rare cases, when it produces sickness at the stomach,
which soon subsides on the poultice being removed. Oil of Arnica is an
excellent application for inflamed Piles.
A most important point in the management of Piles, and one often

neglected, is to replace the prolapsed tumors. The tumors will be protruded
from within the anus by the act of evacuating, and if left in that condition,
will be pressed upon by the external parts, chafed and inflamed. In all such
cases, the patient should take particular pains to return the tumors into the
rectum; and to aid in that process a little oil may be applied when they will
be easily pushed back, and the sphincter of the bowel will close below
them, preventing any chafing, and the consequent inflammation.
For Bleeding Piles, Ipecac and Bell. are very efficient remedies. They may
be alternated every half hour, or oftener if the bleeding is severe, or at
longer intervals when it is only slight.
Hamamelis V., (Witch Hazel,) will in nearly all cases arrest the bleeding at
once. It should be applied to the parts and taken internally at the same time.
Drop doses to be put on the tongue once in fifteen or twenty minutes.
An infusion of the Hamamelis may be taken internally in doses of half a

teaspoonful, and the same injected into the bowel with excellent effect.
The most effectual way, and the best for obtaining permanent relief from
Piles when the tumors have become hard, and remain all the time so as to
pass out of the anus at every evacuation, being constantly more or less
tender and painful, and often becoming inflamed, is to have them taken off.
But never let that be done with a knife. The bleeding would, in such a case,
be very excessive, and most likely fatal. The history of knife operations for
the excision of Pile tumors is written in blood, and the tombstone stands as
a monument of condemnation of the practice. No trustworthy surgeon will
at this day attempt it.
But however dangerous may be the knife operation, there is no danger at all
to be apprehended from removing the tumors by a ligature. To accomplish
this, take a soft cork about three-fourths of an inch in diameter, and one
inch long--make a hole through the center from end to end, about
one-eighth of an inch in diameter--cut crucial grooves in the top of the cork
about an eighth of an inch deep, bevel down the lower end nearly to an
edge, make a cord of saddler's silk, three fold twisted together and waxed,
about eight or ten inches long, double this in the middle and pass the loop
down through the cork out at the sharp end, the two loose ends of the string
being out at the grooved end. Make a strong hickory stick about
three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, and just long enough to pass across
the square end of the cork. Now have the patient protrude the Pile tumors as
far out as possible, being placed on his knees with the head bent to the
floor, pressing out firmly as if to evacuate the bowels. Let the tumors be
dried as much as possible by gently pressing a soft, dry cloth to them; then
let the loop of the string projecting from the flattened end of the cork, be
pushed on over the largest tumor, and held down at its base, while an
assistant places the stick in one of the grooves, ties the two ends of the cord
firmly down over the stick, or toggle, by a square bow knot; then turn the
stick round once, twice, or more, until the pressure upon the tumor is
sufficient to strangulate it perfectly, and prevent the string from slipping
off. Care should be taken to keep the cord down to the base of the tumor
while it is being tied and tightened, as in many cases the base is much the
larger part of the tumor, and the cord tends to slip up. After the ligature is
applied and tightened, apply arnicated water to the parts, and a large, warm
poultice of superfine slippery elm bark, wet so as not to be too soft and
slippery, on the face of which Arnica may be put. Keep it on with a T

bandage. The patient must be put to bed and kept quiet until the ligature
and tumor come off, which will be in about six or seven days, sometimes
sooner. Once a day the "toggle" must be turned part, or the whole of a
circle or more, to tighten the cord as the patient can bear. This will be very
painful from beginning to end of the ligating, but any, even the most
sensitive, patient can bear it. The patient must have quite warm hip baths
two, three, or more, times a day, or as often as the pain is severe, the
poultice being replaced after each bath, and kept constantly on.
If there are several tumors protruding, apply ligatures to two of the largest,
when these are removed, the others will disappear.
Injections of mucillage of slippery elm should be carefully used to move

the bowels daily, or at least once in two days. Let the diet be of corn or oat
meal mush, or rice. As the tumor gradually sloughs off, the surface heals,
so that, though the base where the ligature was applied, may have been an
inch or more across it, there will not be a raw surface of over an eighth of
an inch in diameter, to which Calendula Cerate should be applied. The
patient must keep quiet for a few days longer. Though this is a painful
operation, it is not in the slightest degree dangerous. I have effected
complete and permanent cures by this mode in numerous instances.
Sea-Sickness.
Nux Vomica should be used once in about four hours, for twelve hours
before sailing, as a preventive to sea-sickness.
If, however, symptoms, such as dizziness or blur before the eyes, and
headache, begin to come on, a dose of Nux should be taken, followed in an
hour with Pulsatilla.
If the nausea comes on, Ipecac and Arsenicum should be taken alternately
between the paroxysms of vomiting, should that symptom appear.
If practicable, the patient should lay still upon the back until the sickness
passes off. I have removed sea-sickness immediately in several instances
with Pulsatilla alone, and the last time I had an opportunity to prescribe for
this affection I gave Podophyllin. It removed all the symptoms in a few
minutes. That is the only time I ever tried it, but from the provings I am
satisfied it is one of the best remedies.
Asiatic Cholera.
I was practicing in Cincinnati during the prevalence of Cholera in the years

1849, and 1850, and in Northern Ohio in 1854, and had abundant
opportunity to observe and treat it. The disease generally begins with a
diarrhoea, which may continue for several days, or only a few hours before
other symptoms set in, such as vomiting, then cramping in the stomach and
muscles of the legs, arms, hands and feet, followed by cold sweats, great
prostration, restlessness, excessive and burning thirst, drinks being
immediately rejected. These symptoms continue, the patient sinking rapidly
into collapse, when the skin looks blue and shriveled, the eyes sunken, the
surface covered with a cold, clammy sweat, the extremities, nose, ears,
tongue and breath cold, the voice hollow and unnatural. This condition
continues from two to eight or ten hours, the patient regularly failing,
sometimes becoming delirious before he dies.
In some cases the vomiting and diarrhoea set in simultaneously, and the
other symptoms follow, as above described, in rapid succession. In others
the cramping may be the first symptom, the others following it.
In a large proportion of cases, the disease takes the course first described
above, the diarrhoea, called the premonitory symptoms, or sometimes
cholerine, coming on several hours, if not a day or more, before any other
symptoms.
The diarrhoea is not usually painful, hence the patient may not be alarmed
so as to attend to it until the more dangerous symptoms appear. It begins in
some cases with pain and some griping, the discharges rather consistent,
having a bilious appearance, so that the patient supposes it to be an
ordinary bilious diarrhoea, which is not dangerous, his fears being thus
quieted. But however the diarrhoea begins, it becomes sooner or later,
copious, watery, and light colored, (rice water) painless but rapidly
prostrating.
TREATMENT.
In the early stages of the diarrhoea, Veratrum, taken about twice as often as
the evacuations occur, will frequently arrest it in a few hours, especially if
the patient lies down and keeps quiet. But if not, and it increases in
frequency, or becomes more copious, or any sickness is felt at the stomach,
the patient should, at once, be laid upon a bed and strong tincture of
Camphor should be given in drop doses, once in five minutes, for one hour
or more, and as the symptoms abate, once in ten, fifteen or twenty minutes,
for six or eight hours.
A teaspoonful of the Camphor tincture may be put into a tumbler of cold

water, ice water if at hand, and the water agitated until it becomes clear,
giving a teaspoonful of this camphorated cold water as a dose, stirring the
water each time. I think this is better than to give the pure tincture. After
the patient becomes quiet and easy, Veratrum should be given in alternation
with Camphor, a dose in four to six hours for several days, or oftener if he
feels any symptoms like a threatened return of the disease. These two
medicines serve as prophylactics (preventives) of Cholera.
If, however, the disease continues in spite of the Camphor and Veratrum, in
the first instance, or later, (as the Camphor may be given in many cases
with success in the advance stage,) you must resort to other remedies.
If vomiting comes on with burning in the stomach give Ipecac and

Arsenicum in alternation as often as the vomiting occurs, and if the
diarrhoea continues give Veratrum between the doses of the other two, in a
violent case, as often as every ten to fifteen minutes, and at longer intervals
when the disease is slow in its progress. If the vomiting and diarrhoea, or
either, occur with a kind of explosion, the vomiting ceasing suddenly for
the time, after the first gush, or the discharges from the bowels are
involuntary, Secale is the specific remedy.
For the cramping, Cuprum and Veratrum are the remedies to be given
alternately.
If, however, the cramping comes on as the first symptom, which is

sometimes the case, the patient being suddenly seized with it before any
other alarming symptoms occur, Camphor is the great remedy, and in this
case it may be given in doses of double or treble the quantity before
directed.
If he sinks into the collapse and lies quiet, indifferent to everything, the
pulse sinking, or he is pulseless, Carbo Veg. will sometimes arouse and
restore him, hopeless as the case appears. It should be given once in half an
hour until the pulse begins to rise. If, however, instead of being quiet he is
restless and thirsty, give Arsenicum in alternation with Carbo Veg.,
repeating the dose as above directed. In some cases, after all the active
symptoms cease, the patient will become quiet and drop to sleep, and
instead of the pulse rising, as it will if he is recovering, it sinks, or does not
appear if he has been pulseless, and the breathing becomes irregular and
feeble--he is sinking. If aroused, he sinks back into the stupor in a few
moments as before. Laurocerasus is a specific for this condition. It should
be given once an hour until he is aroused.
If, however, besides the stupor, the head is hot, the face red, the breathing
oppressed, the pulse slow and sluggish, Opium is to be used, and may be
given in alternation with Laurocerasus.
For the irritation of the brain, and furious delirium that sometimes sets in
after the cessation of cholera symptoms, Secale and Belladonna in
alternation will prove specific.
Let the patient have warm or cold drink as he prefers, and let his covering
be light or plentiful as is most agreeable. As soon as he gets easy, and the
vomiting and purging cease, and his pulse begins to return, keep him quiet
as possible, let the room be darkened and everything still, so that he may go
to sleep, which he is inclined to do, this being the surest restorer. I am quite
sure I have known several patients carried off by a return of the disease,
after it had been effectually arrested, in consequence of sleep being
prevented by the rejoicing officiousness and congratulations of friends,
disturbing and preventing that early and quiet slumber which nature so
much needs, and must have, or hopelessly sink. The diet for two or three
days after recovery, should be a little oat meal gruel or rice.
Small Pox--Variola.
This disease begins with pain in the head and back, chilly sensations,
followed by a high fever, so similar in all respects to a severe attack of
Bilious or "winter" fever, that it is difficult or impossible to distinguish it
with certainty, as Small Pox. The fact of the prevalence of the disease at the
time, and the exposure of the patient, may lead the Physician and friends to
suspect Small Pox. There is one very striking symptom of Small Pox,
however, that exists from the beginning, which, though it may be present in
fever simply, is not uniformly so. This is a severe and constant aching pain
in the small of the back. The headache is also constant.
The Small Pox is of two varieties or degrees, distinct and confluent. The
distinct is when the pustules are separated from each other, each one a
distinct elevation, with more or less space between them not affected by the
eruption.
The confluent is where the pustules spread out from their sides and run
together, covering the whole surface as one sore.
It may be distinct on some parts, as on the body, and confluent on others, as

the arms, face, and parts most exposed to the air.
In the Distinct variety the fever continues without abatement until the
eruption appears, when it entirely subsides, and that quite suddenly. The
eruption comes out about the third day of the attack, sometimes not
discoverable until the end of the third or beginning of the fourth day. The
eruption is at first very slight, beginning with small red pimples on the
forehead, upper part of the cheeks, neck and upper part of the breast,
extending by degrees to the arms, and other parts of the body and limbs.
About the end of the fourth or forepart of the fifth day, the eruption is
complete.
There is a symptom, not mentioned in the books, which will often

determine the disease before the occurrence of any eruption. It is the
appearance of hard shot-like pimples, to be felt under the skin in the palms
of the hands, while there is, as yet, no trace of eruption to be seen upon the
surface.
On the eighth or ninth day, the eruptions become vessicular, have flattened
tops, and contain a limpid fluid. The parts continue to swell, the eruptions
to enlarge, and become filled with purulent matter, having a dark color at
the top, up to about the fourteenth or fifteenth day, when they begin to flat
down, to dry up, and some of the scabs become loose. At this time, some
fever arises, often quite severe, with headache and other inflammatory
symptoms. If the eruption is very severe, fever will be of corresponding
violence, and lighter or wanting when the eruption is mild. This fever rarely
lasts more than twenty-four hours, from which time the patient rapidly
recovers.
In the Confluent variety, all the symptoms are more violent, the fever
continuing after the eruption begins. The pustules burst early, and run into
each other, covering nearly or quite the whole skin; the surface swells and
turns black or dark brown, the lungs are more or less irritated, producing
cough, and not unfrequently the stomach is nauseated, and vomiting ensues.
If the patient survives the irritation up to the fifteenth or sixteenth day,

when the secondary fever sets in, he is liable to be taken off by an affection
of the brain or lungs, during this fever. If he recovers, his whole surface,
especially that part exposed to air, is deeply pitted.
TREATMENT.
As it is not often known for a certainty, in the early febrile stage, that it is
the small pox, the treatment will be first adopted that would be proper for a
like fever arising from other causes. But in all my observations in this
disease, and they extend to several hundred cases, I have not found in a
single instance, any of the ordinary fever remedies, such as Aconite and
Bell., which would be applicable for such symptoms in an ordinary case, to
do any good in small pox. They are directed, however, for these symptoms
by the authorities, in the febrile stage of the small pox; but I am quite sure
they are not the proper remedies.
From the great similarity, the almost absolute identity of small pox
headache and backache, with the same symptoms developed by the
Macrotys racem. as well as the nausea and restlessness produced by the
drug, I was led several years ago to the conclusion that this, or the Macrotin
was valuable in small pox. Not only so, but during the prevalence of small
pox in Cincinnati, to an extraordinary degree in the winter of 1849-50, I
treated about one hundred cases, including both sexes, and all ages, from
infants a few weeks old, to very old persons, giving the Macrotin to all, and
had the good fortune to see all my patients recover. Since that time I have
prescribed it for every case successfully.
Having then, been entirely successful in so many cases, with this medicine,
I am not inclined at this time to give any other the preference. I must admit,
however, that though my patients all recovered, I was not able to greatly
abridge the duration of the disease, nor to prevent the development of all
the stages in their proper order, as is claimed by M. TESTE, for his use of
Mercurius cor. and Causticum. I was satisfied with so far modifying the
symptoms, as to enable my patients to live through, and come out well in
the end. I would then direct, if small pox is suspected, the patient having
been exposed to contract it, or from the peculiarity of the symptoms, in the
early stage, or when the disease is discovered after the eruption, to give
Macrotin at the first trituration, in one grain doses, once in two hours, while
the fever, headache and backache continue, after which, during the whole
course of the disease, give it three times a day. This will prevent the
development of a dangerous secondary fever, as well as irritation of the
lungs, stomach or bowels. In addition to this medicine I give the patients
daily, from half an ounce to two ounces of pure (unrancid) Olive oil. This
serves to prevent the development of pustules in the throat, lungs and
stomach; is more or less nutritious, and keeps the bowels in a healthy
condition. Wash the surface once a day in weak soap suds, following it with
a bath of milk and water, and keep cloths moistened with warm milk and
water, constantly upon all parts that are exposed to the air, lubricating the
surface with Olive oil after the bath of milk and water. This keeps the
surface quite comfortable.
The best diet is corn or oat meal mush and molasses, to be taken in small
quantities. Cold water is the proper drink, though it should not be very cold.
The room should, at all times, be well ventillated, but in cold or cool
weather, sufficient fire must be kept up, to keep the room warm and dry. A
temperature of about 65° is the best. Hardly any thing can be worse for a
small pox patient than to be in a cold or damp room, and to breathe cold air.
Uniform temperature is important.
If the eruption is tardy about appearing, or after it is out, a recession takes

place, the Alcoholic Vapor bath will soon bring it out. (See Rheumatism
**p. 30).
Occasionally the feet and limbs below the knees, will swell prodigiously,
and become extremely painful, causing the principal suffering. For this,
wrap the feet and legs in cloths wet in a strong solution of Epsom salts,
quite warm, and cover with flannels so as to keep them warm. This will
afford immediate relief, and reduce the swelling in a day or two. The finely
pulverized Epsom salts, dry, sprinkled on the pustules, will very often
prevent pitting. It is the safest and surest remedy of which I have any
knowledge.
Varioloid
is small pox modified by vaccination. It is to be treated as a mild case of

small pox. The Macrotin has been used with apparent success as a
prophylactic (preventive) to small pox, taken three times daily.
Painful Urination, Incontinence of Urine,
Involuntary Urination.
Where the discharge of urine produces smarting and burning of the urethra,
Cantharis is the remedy. Where there seems to be an over secretion of acrid
urine, producing inflammation of the neck of the bladder, known by pain in
the glans penis, Copaiva, and Apis mel. are the remedies. If there appears to
be a partial palsy of the neck of the bladder, the discharge taking place in
sleep, Podophyllin is the surest remedy. I have cured some bad cases by the
use of these three remedies, given in rotation three or four hours apart.
Injections of a solution of borax into the bladder, have, in several cases,

been sufficient to effect a perfect cure, without any other remedy. This may
be used in connection with the other remedies. For painful urination with a
distressed feeling in the neck of the bladder, causing a constant disposition
to evacuate urine, the Althoea Officinalis is a certain remedy; it acts like a
charm. It is an important remedy for inflammation of the bladder. A good
mode of using it is in form of a warm infusion in doses of a table spoonful
every half hour or hour, according to the urgency of the symptoms. The
Althoea Rosa (Hollyhock) may be used as a substitute, though it is not as
good. Every family should cultivate the Althoea Officinalis (Marsh
Mallow), so that the fresh green root, which is the best, can be procured at
any time. I have been able to relieve patients with it, especially females,
when all other remedies seemed unavailing. It is particularly useful for
urinary difficulties of pregnant females.
Neuralgia.
Aconite and Bell. are two important remedies in this affection. If given low,
and applied directly along the course of the affected nerves, at full strength
of the tincture, they will almost always effect a cure. The proper way to use
them is to give them internally at the second dilution, at intervals of fifteen
to thirty minutes, when the pain is severe and nearly constant, and apply
Aconite tincture as hot as practicable over the course of the nerve, by means
of wet cloths, for an hour or two hours, and if the pain has not subsided use
Bell. locally in the same manner.
If the Neuralgia is periodical, coming on at regular intervals, Arsenicum

and China are the remedies, and they should be used externally as directed
for the others, both at the first dilution, and given internally at intervals, in
proportion to the violence of the symptoms, the Arsen. at the 3d and the
China at the first dilution. If the patient has used alcoholic drinks to excess,
Nux is to be used in place of Arsenicum.
Periodical Neuralgia generally requires the same treatment as ague. In

females when there is uterine disease, Pulsatilla and Macrotin are the
remedies to be used, as directed above.
Jaundice.
This disease depends upon derangement of the liver. The skin and whites of
the eyes become yellow; the patient grows weak, loses his appetite, is dull
and sluggish in all his actions, melancholly and discouraged in his moods.
TREATMENT.
Mercurius and Podophyllin given in alternation, each twice a day, will

nearly always effect a cure. If the patient is costive, Nux should be taken at
night, until his bowels become regular.
Bathing the surface daily, or oftener, is a very important measure in the

treatment of this affection. As often as once in two or three days, an
alkaline bath should be taken. If the patient has fever every day, or once in
two days, ever so slight, China should be used with Podophyllin. If he has
been drugged with Mercury in any form, in large doses, even six months or
a year before, give Hydrastin in place of Mercurius.
Itch.
I shall say but little about this very common and very obstinate affection.
Everybody has a "cure for itch" yet nobody cures it short of the use of
Sulphur in some form. Though the attenuations of Sulphur may sometimes

cure itch, it must be acknowledged that such cures are so rare in this
country, and the time requisite to accomplish it is so long, as a general rule,
that few will trust them.
The most successful remedy, and the one that will always cure quickly, if at
all, is Hepar Sulphurus Potassium, the common Hepar Sulphur (sulphuret
of Potassa) of the shops. To succeed with it most certainly, let the patient
be thoroughly bathed with warm soap suds, quite strong, in a room at the
temperature of 90 to 100°, continuing the bathing and rubbing for an hour
or more, then dry off the surface with soft cloths, and apply the Hepar sul.
with water, at the strength of thirty drops of the strong alcoholic solution,
with a gill of water, wetting every eruption on the whole surface and let it
dry on. This causes some smarting, but it is effectual; it kills the acarus,
(itch animalcule) and in a few days the sores heal, the itching all subsides
immediately. If every pustule has not been touched, those left may continue
to itch, in which case, a second application is necessary. Hepar Sul. should
be given internally at the third dilution, for a month, once a day, after the
baths. Avoid greasy food. For the
Scald Head
of children, where there is a discharge of yellow and watery pus from the
sores, and the eruption extends to the ears or face, like the disease called the
crusta lactea (milk crust), the same washes as for itch, are the most
effectual, while at the same time, and for a month or two, the child should
have Hepar Sul. 5th at night, and Petroleum 3d in the morning. Daily
ablutions of the head with warm soap suds, and keeping it covered, are
absolutely essential.
Carbuncle.
This affection, though it somewhat resembles a common boil, and is by

some writers considered only such, in an overgrown state, is, nevertheless,
far from being identical with it.
While a boil is only a sanitive effort of nature to eliminate the cause of a

morbid process, and tends to a spontaneous, healthy termination, the
carbuncle, on the contrary, is the very essence of disease; its constant
tendency being towards the dissemination of diseased action, causing
destruction of the parts affected. It, in fact, appears like a parasite, living by
the destruction of surrounding tissues, literally absorbing them and
"thriving on death." It begins with a red, livid color, slight aching and
burning pains, the part swells and is elevated some like a boil, except that it
does not "point," but has a broad base rising like a cone and flattened at the
top. It feels soft and spongy, and will appear to fluctuate, but if punctured,
blood only flows. The pain and burning increases rapidly, and sooner or
later several openings appear upon the top, varying from three or four to
half a dozen or more, looking like the holes in a sponge, out of which issues
a fluid like thin gruel. Instead of becoming easier after the suppuration
begins, as is the case with a boil, the burning increases to an alarming and
unbearable extent; cold chills, loss of appetite, great depression of spirits,
general nervous and muscular debility come on. The tumor continues to
discharge, turns purple; gangrene beginning in the carbuncle extends to
other parts and death follows.
The disease is nearly always confined to quite feeble persons and those past
the meridian of life; but I have seen it on younger though feeble patients. It
is generally located on the back, occasionally on the head, where it is very
dangerous from its liability to affect the brain.
TREATMENT.
If treated very early, strong tincture of Arnica applied to the surface of the
carbuncle, by cloths wet and laid over the tumor, will often arrest it so that
the swelling will not be developed to the suppurative stage. However, to
reap any benefit from Arnica, it must be applied while the pain is not
severe, and the parts only feel bruised and tender to pressure, like a
common bruise.
After the ulceration occurs, Arsenicum is the great remedy to be relied on.
It should be given at the second or third attenuation as often as every three
hours, when the pain is severe, and applied to the surface of the carbuncle
freely by cloths laid over it, wet in the first dilution, or by sprinkling the
first trituration of the oxyde (1-10) freely upon the open surfaces, so that it
may penetrate into the open mouths or orifices. Over this powder apply an
emolient poultice, or soft cloths wet in water hot as can be endured. This
will soon allay or greatly lessen the pain. It should be repeated as often as
any of the burning pain peculiar to the carbuncle returns, until the tumor
suppurates in a tolerably healthy manner; then lessen the strength of the
Ars. applications, and continue them until it has the appearance of a healthy
abscess, when only simple dressings are necessary. Some may suppose
such strong applications injurious, but I can assure them from abundant
experience, that there is not the slightest danger. The carbuncle should
never be punctured or cut into. Such operations always make them worse,
and induce a more rapid approach to gangrene.
The patient should have nourishing food, and good native wine may be
taken in moderate quantities, by a very feeble person, with decided
advantage.
Though the knife operations for the removal of carbuncle are always
injurious, the chemical effect of Potash is frequently most beneficial. I
have, in repeated instances, applied to the ulcerated surface, caustic potash
freely, allowing the dissolved caustic to penetrate to the very "core" by
running into the orifices. At first it would produce some smarting, but the
pain is different from that of the carbuncle, and the change is agreeable
rather than otherwise. Soon after the application all pain ceases, and the
tumor, under the use of a poultice, begins to slough off in a few days,
leaving a raw surface, disposed to heal kindly. Occasionally, however, the
healing process is tardy, when Arsenicum, at the third, applied and taken
internally, will soon effect a cure.
I have occasionally used Hepar Sul. with good effect in the latter stage.
Felon--Whitlow.
For this disease, in the early stage, when the sensation is that of sharp,
sticking pain, feeling as though a brier or thistle was in the finger, immerse
the part in water as hot as possible, into which put common salt as long as it
will dissolve; hold it in this hot salt bath for an hour or more at a time, and
when removed, apply finely pulverized salt, wet in Spirits of Turpentine;
bind on the salt with several thicknesses, and keep it constantly wet with
the sp'ts turpt. for twenty-four hours, when, if all symptoms of felon are
gone, no further treatment is necessary. As a general rule, the hot bath
should be repeated three times a day, especially if the symptoms have
existed for several days and there is much pain or swelling, and the
dressings should be kept on as above directed for several days, more or
less, until all symptoms disappear.
I am quite confident that a large majority, if not all, of the cases if thus
treated at any time before pus is formed, will be discussed and cured. If pus
has begun to form before the treatment is commenced, this will not cure the
felon, but it is good treatment, especially the hot bath, as it will greatly
lessen the pain.
By holding it in hot water for an hour or two each day, the suppurative
process will be hastened, and as soon as the pus can be felt at any point,
fluctuating, puncture and let it out; then continue the hot bath, with
Calendula (Marygold) flowers in the water, keeping the part all the time
warm and moist.
For the restless and nervous irritability that frequently occurs, especially in
females, Aconite is the best remedy. It should be given, one drop of the
tincture to a gill of water, in teaspoonful doses, once in one or two hours,
and the same applied to the sore.
DISEASES OF FEMALES
Suppression of the Menses, (Amenorrhoea.)
For sudden suppression from taking cold, as by wetting the feet, there being
headache, more or less fever, the pulse frequent and variable, pains in the
small of the back and cramp like pains in the pelvic region, give, in
alternation, Aconite and Pulsatilla, as often as every fifteen or twenty
minutes in a violent case, and at longer intervals as the patient begins to get
easy. Putting the feet into hot water, or taking a hot Sitz bath is very useful.
If the patient is sick at the stomach, as is often the case, give lukewarm
water freely and let her vomit; after which let her drink freely of water as
hot as it can be safely swallowed, adding milk and sugar to make it
palatable. The good effects that are often attributed to and experienced from
the use of various hot teas in this affection, are, in my opinion, attributable
more to the hot fluid alone than to any specific medicinal virtue in the
substance of which tea is made. At all events, very hot drink with nothing
but water, milk and sugar, is equally efficacious, and my medicine (a few
grains of sugar of milk) put into the hot water, seasoned as above, has often
obtained great credit, when the hot water was alone worthy. Rubbing the
loins and abdomen briskly downwards with the hands of a healthy and
vigorous nurse, will often excite the menstrual flow after a sudden
suppression. If the head is hot, the face full and red, and the arteries of the
neck and temples beat violently, give Bell. with Pulsatilla, and if the lungs
are oppressed, use also Bryonia, giving the three in rotation. If, after the
menstrual flow begins, there is still much pain in the pelvic region, give
Caulophyllin, which will immediately afford relief.
Apis mel. is very servicable in suppressed menses of several days, or even

weeks duration, where there is fever, redness of the face, and pain in the
head, and pains in the hips extending to the limbs, especially if there is any
tendency to bloating of the abdomen and swelling of the limbs or feet. It
acts promptly and efficiently.
If the suppression has been caused by sudden fright or any strong mental
emotion, Veratrum should be given in connection with the two former
medicines. Should there be great fullness of the vessels of the head, or
bleeding at the nose, Bryonia with Pulsatilla are to be used. Bell. is also
useful in this case if the pain in the head is throbbing, especially if any
delirium is present.
For suppression in young females, of several months duration, I have used,

with much success, Podophyllin and Macrotin, one at night, the other in the
morning, giving them for two or three weeks before the proper time for a
return, and a day or two prior to the time, give also Pulsatilla, and give the
three in rotation, a dose every six hours.
This practice has been successful with me in cases of long standing and
apparently obstinate character. Where there is other disease, as an affection
of the liver, lungs or stomach, this must be treated and cured, or the menses
will not probably return. Great care should be exercised to keep the
patient's feet and limbs warm, as upon this may depend her future health.
Dysmenorrhoea.--Painful Menstruation.
For this disorder, I know of no one remedy so valuable as the Caulophyllin,

but Pulsatilla in many cases is efficacious, and as they do not prevent each
other's action, I prescribe them in alternation, giving a dose every half hour,
for a short time during the paroxysm, or until the pain abates to some
extent, then every hour.
If there is pain in the head, sickness at the stomach, a kind of sick

headache, as is often the case, with painful menstruation, Macrotin should
be used with the others; Ipecac is the Specific for an excessive flow of the
menses with great pain, especially if the stomach is nauseated. It should be
given as low as the first dilution, and the tincture, in water, in the
proportion of thirty drops to half a pint, injected into the vagina quite warm.
The application of extract of Belladonna to the neck of the uterus will often
produce immediate and perfect relief. After the patient is relieved from the
painful paroxysm, she should be treated so as to prevent a return of the
pains at the next monthly period. Pulsatilla, Caulophyllin and Podophyllin
are the three medicines that are most certain to effect this object. They are
to be given, one medicine each day, a dose at night for three weeks, then
morning, noon and night, until the time for the return of the menses, when
they should be used oftener if there is pain. If the patient is inclined to be
costive, Nux should be given at night for a few days before the menstrual
period, in place of Pulsatilla.
Menorrhagia--Profuse Menses--Flowing.
For this affection, Ipecac and Hamamelis are the specifics. They should be
taken alternately, at intervals of from half an hour to two hours apart,
according to the urgency of the symptoms, and the Hamamelis injected into
the vagina. These will nearly always arrest the flooding immediately.
Secale should be used either alone or with the above medicines, if there are
bearing down pains like labor pains, and sickness at the stomach in spite of
the Ipecac. Ipecac alone is often sufficient.
Nursing Sore Mouth.
Sore mouth of nursing women, as the name of the disease indicates, is

peculiar to women who are suckling children. It is an inflammation of the
mouth, tongue and fauces, which sometimes comes on during pregnancy,
several months or but a few days before the birth of the child. It generally,
however, makes its first appearance when the child is a few weeks old, and
sometimes not till after the lapse of several months. In some cases the
tongue and inside of the mouth ulcerate, and the irritation extends to the
stomach and bowels, producing distressing and dangerous inflammation of
these parts, with severe and obstinate diarrhoea.
For the sore mouth, before diarrhoea begins, give Eupatorium Aro. and
Hydrastin, in alternation, a dose once in three hours, and wash the mouth
with the same, each time. After the diarrhoea occurs, use Podophyllin with
the other medicines, giving them in rotation, three hours apart. It is best to
give a dose of Podophyllin night and morning.
I have treated very bad cases of this disease that had been running for more
than a year, and been treated with the ordinary remedies directed in the
Homoeopathic authorities without any permanent benefit, curing them
perfectly in ten days with Podophyllin and Leptandrin, giving them in
alternation at the 1st attenuation in half grain doses, at intervals of from
four to eight hours according to the frequency of the evacuations. These
two remedies are almost certain to arrest Chronic Dysentery where there is
ulceration of the lower portion of the rectum, a peculiar distress felt at the
stomach just before stool, with sudden rush of the evacuations and inability
to control the inclination even for a few minutes, with a feeling of faintness
after the stool.
Leptandrin is the specific for the Dysentery that often succeeds cholera,
and these two, Pod. and Lept., are almost certain to relieve the "Mexican
Diarrhoea," as well as that connected with the fevers along the Mississippi
river.
Mammary Abscess,
(Ague in the breast--Inflamed breast.)
This is a disease peculiar to nursing women. The first symptom is a slight

pain or soreness in some part of the "breast," which continues to increase
for a day or two, when a chill, more or less severe, sets in, followed by high
fever and quick pulse, headache and great restlessness. The gland swells
and becomes very painful. This is generally a disease of rather slow
progress, running eight or ten days and sometimes two or three weeks
before abscess forms and "points" to the surface.
TREATMENT.
Phosphorus is to be taken internally, and the first dilution put in water,

twenty drops to one gill, and applied to the surface by means of cloths wet
in the mixture, as hot as it can be borne, and laid over the whole breast. If
this is done and the medicine given internally every hour, as early as the
first and frequently as late as the second or third day, it is quite sure to
remove the disease and prevent an abscess. It is best to use it even much
later. In fact it often succeeds as late as the fifth or sixth day, and if it does
not prevent the abscess, it so far palliates the severe symptoms as to render
the pain but slight and keep the patient comfortable.
An application of the Tincture of Cantharides diluted with water and

applied to the breast by cloths wet in it, to the extent of producing
considerable redness and even eruptions, and the second dilution of the
same taken in drop doses every three hours, has proved successful in
subduing the inflammation after Phos. had failed, and it was supposed an
abscess would form in spite of any treatment.
I recently succeeded in giving perfect relief with Apis Mel. internally,

applying it externally after the pain and swelling was very great. I am of
opinion that the Apis is a valuable remedy.
After abscess forms as soon as the pus can be felt at any point, soft and
fluctuating under the skin, puncture and let it out, then poultice it for a few
days until it heals, giving Phosphorus and applying it to the sore. In
puncturing, always be very particular to have the lancet or knife enter so
that the edge will look towards the point of the nipple, so as not to cut
across the milk ducts, which all run toward that point, and if cut off will
close up so that the milk which may be secreted at any future time cannot
get out, and swelling, pain and severe inflammation, abscess and ulceration
will be the consequence; whereas, if the cut is made lengthwise of the
ducts, very few, if any will be cut off, and all future danger will be avoided.
Apply an elm poultice from the beginning to the end of treatment. For
malignant ulcers of the breasts, the Cornus Sericea is a most potent
remedy. It is to be taken internally at the first dilution, and applied in strong
infusion or diluted Tr. of the bark to the sore.
Sore Nipples.
This affection of nursing women frequently comes on before the birth of

the child, but generally does not make its appearance until after the
suckling has continued for a week or more. It seems in some cases to be
connected with the aphthæ (sore mouth) of the child, or at least to be
aggravated by contact with the sore mouth; on the other hand it sometimes
seems as though the sore nipples produced the sore mouth of the child.
TREATMENT.
I treat both the nipple and the child's mouth with the same remedy
Eupatorium aro., applied at the strength of 6 drops of the tincture, to a
teaspoonful of water, the application being made by a soft cloth, wet and
laid over the nipple; give drop doses of the same strength internally every
three hours, which will, in nearly all cases effect a cure in one or two days.
The child's mouth should be wet with the same each time just before
nursing. The oil from the pit of the butter nut, (Juglan's Cinerea,) obtained
by heating the pit and pressing out the oil, applied to the nipple, will
generally cure it after 3 or 4 applications about six hours apart. The child
may take hold when the oil is on, without danger. This remedy is sufficient
in nearly all cases.
Leucorrhoea and Prolapsus Uteri--Whites, Female Weakness.
The disease depends in all cases upon inflammation of the uterus, or

vagina, or both.
The inflammation may be simply in the neck of the uterus extending to the
posterior surface of the vagina, or the latter may not be affected; or it may
extend to the whole internal surface of the uterus, producing swelling of
that organ, both the fundus and neck.
The swelling may be confined mostly to the fundus, causing it to be too

large for the space it ordinarily fills, hence there will be more or less
displacement of the womb, and crowding upon other parts, as the bladder
or rectum. In some cases, the swelling is more on one side than on the
other, so that it will be crowded over to the opposite side. These
displacements are often called prolapsus uteri, or "falling of the womb,"
carrying the idea that the difficulty depends upon a morbid relaxation of the
ligaments that support the organ. Not one case in a hundred is of this latter
character, but nearly, if not all, depend upon the inflammation and swelling
above mentioned. How futile then, not to say hurtful, must be all
instruments for, and all attempts at replacing and supporting it by force! All
such mechanical meddling is injurious, and should, with all the
"supporters," be condemned and discarded.
They may afford temporary relief, but this is at the expense of future health.
Cure the disease, relieve the inflammation, and nature will replace the
organ. Leucorrhoea is always present where there is ulceration of the neck
of the womb, and this ulcerated condition exists to a greater or less extent,
in many cases where it is not suspected by the patient. It is vastly more
prevalent than is generally supposed. The symptoms are numerous. Among
the more prominent are a sense of weight and bearing down in the pelvis,
pains extending down the limbs, aching and weakness of the small of the
back, headache, more or less gastric disturbance, dyspepsia, the food
souring on the stomach. There is often, especially when there are ulcers on
the parts, a distressing sense of heat or a smarting sensation. The menstrual
function is frequently deranged, the bowels costive, the urethra, by being
pressed, becomes irritable and burns and smarts whenever the urine is
evacuated. The sleep is disturbed and unrefreshing, and the whole nervous
system is unstrung.
The discharge from the diseased surfaces, in an ordinary case without

ulceration, is of a mucous or muco-purulent character, not unlike an
ordinary catarrhal secretion. When ulceration exists it is dark, fetid or
bloody, or sanious and purulent, sometimes it is acrid, excoriating the parts.
TREATMENT.
Inflammation or ulceration, either acute or chronic, in these parts does not

differ essentially in its characteristics from the same affection in other
mucous surfaces.
The proper treatment for a catarrh of other mucous surfaces will be

applicable to these, though there is no doubt but that some medicines are
more specifically adapted to these than to other organs.
In the early stage of the complaint, while the inflammation is acute, or

sub-acute, the discharge thin or white, Copaiva and Macrotin are to be
given once in 6 hours alternately. During the same time let injections into
the vagina of warm soap and water be used twice a day, to cleanse the parts
of the secretion, followed in half an hour by a wash of warm water, into
which tr. of Macrotys has been put in proportion of 40 drops to half a pint.
The application should be made with an 8 ounce or at least 6 ounce curved
pipe syringe, so as to throw it with considerable force. If there is a burning
sensation, use the washes quite warm, until the heat of the parts is allayed.
Avoid the use of cold injections as long as any inflammation exists. If the
bearing down is present with burning in the parts, Bell. is to be used in
rotation with the two former remedies. If the sensation is that of smarting,
Cantharis is to be used in place of Bell.
Where the disease comes on soon after child-birth, Podophyllin is the

Specific. It is to be given at the first attenuation three times daily in half gr.
doses of the trituration. In this case let the parts be freely washed daily with
a solution of borax, quite warm. In the chronic form of the disease,
especially where barrenness exists, Macrotin, Podophyllin and Hydrastin,
given morning, noon and night, in the order named, will, in nearly all cases,
afford relief.
For females who have never borne children, give Phos. acid, 2d and
Eryrgium Aquaticum 1, night and morning for a week, and then give them
at the 3d dilution until the symptoms subside. If there are headache and
derangement of the stomach, Macrotin and Podophyllin should be used,
each once a day, between the latter remedies. When the discharge is colored
and the pains darting, cutting or smarting, indicating ulceration, or if
ulceration is discovered by examination, use Macrotin and Hydrastin
internally, injecting the latter upon the affected parts freely. The ulcerated
surfaces should be well washed off every day with soap and water, or a
solution of borax, and the medicine (Hydrastin) in form of infusion, used
half an hour after the other wash. If the neck of the womb looks dark, and is
ulcerated, or is hard and painful to the touch, especially on probing the
cavity, Cornus Sericea must be used both as a wash to the parts, and at the
first dilution internally, using them twice a day. This remedy will often cure
malignant cases.
It takes a long time in some instances to cure a chronic case, but if

persevered in, these remedies will not be likely to fail.[2]
[2] NOTE.--The late Prof. Morrow was remarkably successful, and became
justly celebrated for curing hard cases of Leucorrhoea ulceration and
"Prolapsus uteri."
Almost his entire reliance in their treatment were the Macrotys and
Caulophyllum, given internally and by injection upon the parts. He gave the
Macrotys in the form of tincture every day to the extent of producing
specific head symptoms when he discontinued it till the next day, using the
Caulophyllum in the meantime in small doses. He rarely if ever failed.
Morning Sickness of Pregnant Females.
The most efficient and certain remedy for this symptom is Macrotin. It
should be taken at the first attenuation, a dose before rising in the morning,
and one every six hours during the day, as long as the sickness is
troublesome. It will generally relieve in a few days. If the stomach is sour
use Pulsatilla with the Macrotin.
As a preparation for labor, a dose (one grain) of Macrotin at the first

attenuation given in the morning, and the same of Caulophyllin at evening,
is of great service.
Whatever others may think or say in relation to any preparatory treatment

for labor, I have reason to know as well as anything in medicine be known,
that patients treated as here directed, pass through labor much quicker,
frequently in one-fourth the usual time. Their sufferings are comparatively
trifling, and the length of time for recovery to ordinary health after labor is
abridged from three-fourths to nine-tenths that of former labors. I am quite
confident that the medicines produced this difference.
For irregularity of labor pains, and for distressing after pains, the
Caulophyllin is specific.
During labor it should be given at the 2d attentuation in about half grain

doses, every half hour, until the pains are regular. Two or three doses at
most, and generally one will suffice.
For the after pains it may be given in alternation with Ipecac or Aconite if
there is flooding, or with Pulsatilla when the flooding is not troublesome, a
dose once in half an hour, until the pains are checked.
For Rigidity of the soft parts and severe, retarded and long protracted
labor, where the pains are strong and irregular, and great pain and
exhaustion is experienced on account of the unyielding condition of the
parts, Lobelia Inflata given in drop doses of the tr. in water, once in twenty
minutes, in alternation with Caulophyllin as above directed, will in a short
time produce the proper condition of the parts, while they render the pains
stronger, regular and progressive.
In urgent cases I have given the medicines every 5 or 10 minutes, with

decided benefit.
A Useful Hint to Mothers.
Children push beans, peas, corn, &c., into the nose and ear, causing much
alarm. To remove such a body take a syringe that works tightly, put the end
of the pipe against the bean, shot, or other substance, draw back the piston
so as to suck up the article firmly as the pipe is withdrawn from the cavity.
LOCAL APPLICATIONS.
That medicines act locally, that is, manifest their symptoms by peculiar
derangement or disturbance of some particular part of the system, more
prominently than of any other part, for the time, no one will deny. That
each one has some particular locality or tissue upon which its action is
more perceptible than anywhere else, is equally undeniable, and that the
prominent symptoms are often external and local, is also true. Yet, with
these truths clearly demonstrated, there are those of our school who discard
the external or local application of all remedies except Arnica.
Why this is done, is difficult to determine, unless we can believe that such
physicians suppose it to be heresy to make use of any remedy in a different
manner from what was recommended by the "Father of Homoeopathy," and
abjure all possibility of improvement in our practice.
That nearly if not all medicines, may be applied externally with advantage,
when there are local manifestations similar to those produced by the drugs,
there can be no doubt in the mind of any sensible man. That they will act
favorably when so used is reasonable, as a matter of theory, and that they
do, as a matter of fact, has been proven to my mind, by abundant
experience in their use. Therefore, I hesitate not to recommend the practice
to others. Medicines must act either by combination with the affected part,
or by Catalysis, changing the molecular action of the living tissues. In
either case, they must come directly in contact with the part to be affected.
This must be done through the circulation, when taken internally, or it may
be done by direct application of the remedy to the diseased tissue, when
that is so situated as to be reached. The difference is greatly in favor of the
latter mode when that is practicable, from the greater certainty of its results.
This assertion is based, not upon vague hypothesis, but upon actual
practice.
Entertaining these views, however heretical they may be pronounced, I

shall proceed to mention some of the remedies I have learned to use thus,
and the cases for which they are prescribed. I would remark that, in
selecting a remedy, it must be done with as much certainty of its
homoeopathic relation to the local or general symptoms for external as for
internal use. I have found, however, that much lower attenuations are
requisite and admissible.
ARNICA is highly applicable to bruises, and is valuable also when applied

to lacerated or mangled surfaces, to the surface of the limb where a bone is
fractured, also about the joint when it has been dislocated. It is to be used in
the form of Arnicated water, by putting one or two drops to a gill of water
for application where the skin is ruptured or the surface raw, and ten to
twenty drops to the gill, upon parts where the skin is sound. It is useful
also, for boils, and carbuncles in the early stage, the strong tincture to be
applied when the surface is sound, and (to boils) when the surface is open,
one drop to a gill of water.
Aconite
Is applicable to inflamed eyes, in the early stage, where the disease is in the
conjunctiva, (that portion which lines the lids and covers the front of the
ball), especially if there is a sense of scratching, as though some foreign
substance is in the eye, great intolerance of light, chilly sensations, with
more or less fever, and quick pulse. Put three or four drops to a gill of
warm water, and apply it freely.
It is also very valuable for Neuralgia, applied strong and warm, along the
course, or at the origin of the affected nerve. In neuralgia of the face, apply
it upon the side of the face, also just behind and below the ear of the
affected side.
It is of much value as a remedy for neuralgic affections of the womb. I have

relieved the most distressing symptoms of neuralgia of the womb, in a few
minutes, by injecting warm water containing twenty to forty drops of tr.
Aconite to the pint. By repeating this application at every paroxysm,
patients recover rapidly, each succeeding attack being lighter, and the
interval between being longer, until they cease entirely. It may be used with
much benefit in the same manner, for Hysteritis, as well as recent cases of
Leucorrhoea. It is the most valuable remedy applied to the Eye for a wound
of that organ.
In Gonorrhoea, it is more valuable as a local remedy, than most of those

now in use. It will frequently cure alone. In this case, it is to be used with
an equal part of the tr. and warm water.
Belladonna
has great power as a local remedy in Erysipelas, to be applied with water in

proportion of ten drops of the tr. to a gill of warm water. It is also of much
value applied to the surface of inflamed breasts; also injected when there is
inflammation of the uterus, with pressing pains as though the bowels would
be pressed out. Very valuable in parturition where there is rigidity of the os
uteri, with fullness of the head and throbbing of the temples. It has the
specific power to relax circular fibres without affecting the longitudinal.
Calendula,
is applied to wounds, incised and lacerated, promoting healing by the first

intention. It is a valuable application for wounds in scrofulous persons,
which tend to suppurate rather than heal by the first intention. It is also
useful in old sores.
The Calendula Cerate is one of the best of dressings for any abraded
surface.
Conium
is valuable as a palliative upon cancerous tumors. As a curative remedy it is

useful in chronic ophthalmia, especially the purulent of children; useful
also for indurated swellings.
Thuya
is a specific when locally used for Sycosis, also for fungoid cancerous
tumors. I have cured well-marked cases of Fungus Hæmatodes with the
tinct. Thuya applied to the surface of the tumor.
The Thuja Cerate is a valuable application for malignant ulcers.
Cornus Sericea
will often cure malignant ulcers both of the breast and uterus, used as a
wash.
Arsenicum
acts favorably on cancers, and is a specific when applied to the surface of

carbuncle.
Ipecac
acts very beneficially when applied to the surface where there is high fever,
with nausea and vomiting. Half an ounce of tr. Ipecac to two quarts of tepid
water, applied with a sponge to the whole surface, acts like magic in yellow
fever, allaying the nausea, producing free and health-restoring perspiration.
Rhus Tox,
applied, with water at the strength of thirty drops of the tr. to a gill, to parts
affected with Rheumatism, acts very beneficially. It is also a most valuable
application at half the above strength upon parts affected with Erysipelas,
when the surface is swollen, and there are vessicles filled with fluid like a
blister in burns.
It is also useful for sores that exist as the chronic effects of burns when the
proper treatment had not been used in the beginning, and the healing
process was never perfected.
Rhus Cerate is a very useful application to irritable ulcers.
Hepar Sulphur
is a specific for Itch and Scald Head, applied in form of a wash with twenty
to thirty drops of tr. Hepar Sul. to a gill of water. Also for ill-conditioned
scrofulous ulcers, generally.
Cuprum Aceticum.
(Acetate of Copper Verdigris) applied to Cancerous ulcers of the face,

Lupus or Noli-me-tangere, in the early stage, will in most cases effect a
perfect cure, especially if for a week previously the part has been wet daily
with tr. Thuja. The best mode of applying the acetate is to mix the
impalpable powder, as prepared for paint, with some substance to form a
cerate, as equal parts of bees-wax and mutton suet, with 1-50 to 1-100 part
of the pure acetate as found in the bottom of the can, when prepared in oil
for paint; heat all together and stir until cool. This forms a good plaster for
covering and shielding the sore while its medicinal property is in the
Cuprum Aceticum diluted as above. It is quite useful for any ill conditioned
ulcer.
Acetic Acid
is a most efficient remedy applied to old irritable varicose ulcers on the

limbs of females who have suffered from Phlegmasia Dolens, (milk leg.)
It may be applied as a wash to the part once or twice a day at the strength of
1-20th of the acid with water, or in the form of good cider vinegar.
The manufactured vinegar of the cities does not usually contain acetic acid.
ARUM TRIPHYLLUM is a specific to allay the inflammation and

excessive pain in scrofulous swellings of the neck, (Kings Evil.) The pure
drug in powder, wet with warm water, or the green root bruised so as to
form a poultice, is to be applied over the swelling. It soon discusses the
swelling, or if pus has already formed, allays the the pain, and brings the
pus to the surface, and if continued, disposes it to heal rapidly.
BAPTISIA TINCTORIA applied as a poultice either in the powdered drug,

or with some other substance wet with the infusion or tr., arrests gangrene
in a short time. It is especially useful for threatened or actual gangrene
arising from lacerated wounds or scalds with wounds, as in accidents
connected with the explosion of steam boilers; when we often have scalds
and lacerations in the same wound.
HYDRASTUS CANADENSIS used as a gargler in a putrid state of the

throat in malignant Scarlet fever, arrests the destructive process at once.
It is also a most excellent application for inflamed eyes in the second or

sub-acute stage.
*****
PROPHYLACTICS.
(Preventives of Disease.)
TO PREVENT SCARLET FEVER
Give Belladonna at the 3d attenuation, three to six pellets, according to the

age of the child, every morning, during the prevalence of the epidemic.
This is for the common or mild form of the disease. If the prevailing
epidemic is of the malignant kind, producing fatal ulcerations of the throat,
give Bell. once in two days and Mercurius Corrosivus at the 3d attenuation
on the alternate day.
While Bell. is a very certain preventive of the common eruptive Scarlatina,

it is not as certain to prevent the malignant form. Though it renders the
latter much more mild, the Merc. Cor. is necessary to ward it off entirely,
or so modify as to divest it of the dangerous features.
TO PREVENT YELLOW FEVER
Take Aconite, Belladonna and Macrotin, 1st in rotation one dose a day. If
there is any headache, or pains occur in other parts of the body, or a languid
feeling, take a dose twice or three times a day in rotation.
TO PREVENT BILIOUS FEVER OR AGUE
Take Podophyllin, Baptisia and Gelseminum 1st in rotation, one dose at

night, and if symptoms of fever, as headache and loss of appetite, or bad
taste in the mouth in the morning appear, take a dose three times a day, and
refrain entirely from food for one or two days.
TO PREVENT TYPHOID FEVER
When exposed, as in nursing the sick, take Baptisia 2d, and Macrotin 2d, a
dose three times a day.
TO PREVENT SMALL-POX
Use Macrotin 1st night and morning, and if nursing or exposed frequently,
use it every four hours.
TO PREVENT CHOLERA.
Camphor (pellets medicated with the pure tincture) Veratrum 3d, and
Arsenicum 3d, should be taken in rotation--a dose morning, noon and night,
in the order named; so as to take a dose of each every twenty-four hours. If
any sense of weakness or trembling comes on, use the Camphor oftener; if
pain or uneasiness in the bowels threatening diarrhoea, use the Veratrum,
and for increased thirst with uneasiness at the stomach Arsenicum more
frequently.
TO PREVENT DIARRHOEA
Where it is prevailing as an epidemic, Ipecac at night, and Veratrum in the

morning will often suffice. For teething children give Ipecac and
Chamomilla in the same manner.
TO PREVENT DYSENTERY
In hot weather when bilious diseases prevail, use Mercurius 3d,

Podophyllin 2d, and Leptandrin 1st in rotation, giving one dose a day.
In the winter, or when Typhoid fevers prevail, use Mercurius and Rhus tox.
alternately a dose every day.
TO PREVENT ITCH.
A dose of Sulphur, or rubbing a little flour of sulphur on the hands, will

generally suffice.
TO PREVENT COLDS
Keep the arms, hands and chest well clothed and warm. Affecting the head
as catarrh, or the pelvic regions keep the feet and ankles warm and dry.
Affecting joints and muscles as Rheumatism--protect the Spine (back) from
colds and currents of air.
After an accidental exposure as by getting the feet wet, or being caught in a

shower, drink bountifully of cold water, and take a dose of Nux; followed in
an hour by Aconite, if any chilliness is felt, or Copaiva if the head is
"stuffed up."
In winter and spring when the weather is mild, but there is snow, or the
ground is damp, more clothes are necessary than when it is freezing hard
and the air is dry.
*****
PREPARATION OF MEDICINE.
As it often becomes necessary for the practitioner to make more or less of

his own dilutions and attenuations, some brief instructions especially to
new beginners, may not come amiss.
Medicine is prepared by mixing it with distilled water, or purified 98 per

cent. Alcohol; or if solid and dry, by reducing it to powder and triturating
(rubbing) it in a mortar with pure sugar or Sugar of Milk. The liquid is
called dilution, the powder trituration. The attenuations are mostly made at
the decimal (1-10,) or centecimal (1-100) ratio and numbered 1, 2, 3, &c.,
by putting ten drops of the liquid with ninety drops of Alcohol, or ten
grains of the powder with ninety grains of Sugar for the 1st, and ten grains
or drops of the 1st with ninety more of Alcohol or Sugar, as the case may
be, for the 2nd, and so on to any desirable extent.
If the centecimal attenuation is adopted, one grain or drop is used instead of

ten, as in the decimal.
I prefer the decimal to the centecimal ratio. Not that there can possibly be
any difference in the action of the medicines, at the same attenuation,
whether it was brought to that state through a series of 1-10, or 1-100; the
3d at the 1-100 ratio of dilution being precisely the same as the 6th at 1-10.
My preference for the decimal ratio is based upon the greater convenience
and accuracy of measuring larger quantities.
Accuracy is very desirable, but the practice of guessing at the amount as

pursued by some, is anything but accurate. When one makes his dilutions
by putting the fluid into a vial and "pouring it all out," guessing that he has
a drop left which is to medicate the ninety-nine drops of Alcohol or water,
he may put in by guess, I am inclined to guess that he knows nothing,
accurately as to what dilution he is making. (See Hull's Laura, introduction,
also Jahr & Possart's Pharmacopoeia and Posology.) For if the vial is small
and quite smooth there may not be a drop left, or if it is rough, there may be
several drops.
Yet some physicians make their dilutions thus, and insist upon the
superiority of the centecimal over the decimal attenuations.
Whatever ratio is adopted, should be accurately followed. Have true scales

for weighing solids, and a graduated measure marked from ten drops up to
one hundred for liquids; then always weigh or measure accurately the
medicine, as well as the substance with which it is to be attenuated.
The measure and mortar, after using them for one medicine, can be cleaned
preparatory for another, with scalding water, rinsing them with purified
Alcohol, then drying.
Never smoke or chew Tobacco in any place, but if you are such a slave to
habit, that you must do it despite your good sense and better judgment,
never do either, or have tobacco or any other odoriferous substance about
your person when you are preparing medicines, or they are exposed to the
air. Keep the medicines excluded from the light and air as far as
practicable.
Triturate the powders thoroughly for an hour or more upon each, and shake
the dilution from fifty to one hundred times, more for the higher
attenuations.
It is better to medicate pellets in large bottles, filling them half or

two-thirds full, put in just liquid enough to wet every one, but not so as to
dissolve any. Shake them until all are equally wet, and let them stand for
four or five days, if practicable, shaking them up two or three times a day
until all are dry.
INDEX.
Administration of Remedies, 11
Ague, 22
Ague, preventive treatment of, 153
Asthma, 57
Aphthæ, 90
Asiatic Cholera, 104
Amenorrhoea, 129
Ague in the breast, 135
Attenuation of medicines, 151
Bathing, 12
Bilious Fever, 26 Preventive treatment of, 153
Bronchitis, 51
Burns and Scalds, 64
Bilious Colic, 19
Brain Fever, 70
Bee stings, 75
Bite of Rattlesnake, 77
Bruises, 95
Cholera Case, 3
Colic, 18
Colic, Bilious, 19
Cholera Morbus, 21
Cholera, Asiatic, 104 Preventive treatment of, 153
Chill Fever, 22
Continued Fever, 28
Catarrhal Fever, 28
Cough, 52
Colds, 57
Colds, Preventive treatment of, 154
Croup, 55
Constipation, 62
Chilblains, 69
Convulsions of Children, 72
Crusta Lactea, 122
Carbuncle, 122
Diarrhoea, 14 Preventive treatment of, 154
Dysentery, 16 Preventive treatment of, 154
Diet, Rules for, 13
Dyspepsia, 58
Diseases of Females, 129
Dysmenorrhoea, 131
Enteritis, 53
Erysipelas, 62
Epistaxis, 81
Earache, 84
Foreign Substances in the Ear or Nose, 144
Fevers, 22 Intermittent, 22 Chill, 22
Fits of Children, 72
Felon, 126
Flowing, 132
Female weakness, 198
Gastritis, 54
Hooping Cough, 58
Heartburn, 62
Hoarseness, 70
Headache, 78 Sick, 80
Introduction, 5
Intermittent Fever, Ague, 22
Inflammation of the Lungs, 49
Inflammation of the Brain, 70
Inflammation of the Bowels, 53
Inflamed Eyes, 91
Incontinence of Urine, 117
Involuntary urination (nightly), 117
Itch, 120
Itch, preventive treatment of, 154

Inflamed Breast, 135
Inflammation of the Uterus, 140
Jaundice, 120
Local application of Remedies, 145
Leucorrhoea, 138
Mammary Abscess, 135
Menorrhagia, 132
Measles, 73
Mumps, 74
Morning sickness of pregnant females, 143
Nursing Sore-mouth, 133
Nosebleed, 81
Neuralgia, 118
Nightly urination of Children, 117
Otalgia, 84
Ophthalmia, 91
Preparation of medicine, 155
Pleurisy, 48
Prolapsus Uteri, 138
Pneumonia, 49
Piles, 97
Painful urination, 117
Painful menstruation, 131
Profuse menstruation, 132
Preventives of Disease, 151
Quinsy, 53
Rheumatism, 30
Rheumatic Fever, 29
Remitting Fever, 27
Rattlesnake bite, 77
Scarlet Fever, 35 Preventive treatment of, 151
Sore Throat, 52
Scalds, 64
Stings of Insects, 75
Sick Headache, 79
Sore-mouth of Children, 90
Sea Sickness, 103
Small-Pox, 110 Preventive treatment of, 153
Scald Head, 122
Suppression of the menses, 129
Sore Nipples, 139
Table of Remedies, 3
Traveler's Case, 3
Typhoid Fever, 31
Tonsillitis, 53
Toothache, 86
Teething of children, 88
Thrush, 90
Ulceration of the Uterus, 140
Urination painful, 117
Urination, Involuntary, 110
Variola, 117
Varioloid, 117
Worms, 82
Wounds, 93
Whitlow, 126
Yellow Fever, 38 Preventive treatment of, 153
APPENDIX
ON THE USE OF GELSEMINUM SEMP. IN FEVERS. BY J. S.

DOUGLAS, A. M., M. D., Prof. of Mat. Med. and Special Pathology, in
the Western Homoepathic College, Cleveland; author of "Treatment of
Intermittents," &c.
Such has been the general result of the treatment of the fevers of this
country, that most Homoeopathic physicians deny the possibility of
breaking up a fever when once established.
Those who labor under this impression, will be soon convinced of the error
by properly employing the Gelseminum semper virens, or yellow Jasmine.
Having proved this drug repeatedly on myself and seven or eight others, it
was impossible to avoid the conviction that it would be homoeopathic to
the ordinary fevers of this country.
The pathogenetic symptoms, almost uniformly experienced, are the

following, the dose being from one to five drops:
Within a few minutes, sometimes within two or three, a marked depression

of pulse, which becomes 10, 15 or 20 beats less in the minute, if quiet, but
greatly disturbed by movement. Chilliness, especially along the back,
pressive pain of the head, most generally of the temples, sometimes in the
occiput, at others, over the head. The chilliness is soon followed by a glow
of heat and prickling of the skin, and quickly succeeded by perspiration
which is sometimes profuse and disposed to be persistent, continuing from
twelve to twenty-four hours. As soon as the re-action takes place after the
chill, the pulse rises as much above the normal standard, as it was before
depressed below it. With these symptoms is a puffy, swollen look and
feeling of the eye-lids, slimy and disagreeable or bitter taste in the mouth,
languid feeling of the back and limbs, and sleepiness.
As example affords the best illustration, we will give one to illustrate the
usual action of this drug in fevers:
P. W., aged 21, sanguine temperament, had been complaining of languor,

and want of appetite for three weeks. For a week has been unable to attend
to business. Took a cathartic, and was, of course, worse. For the last
thirty-six hours had been seriously sick. June 30, 1858, had the following
symptoms: Pulse rather full, but weak and vascillating, about 100 per
minute. Tongue red and dry; hands tremulous when extending them; tongue
trembles when protruded; the mind wanders; he reaches after imaginary
objects; lips dry and parched; he is uneasy, restless. Now this, all will
recognize as a case which had been long in coming on, and was fairly
established, and was not likely to be broken up by ordinary means. He took
one drop of Gelseminum tincture to be repeated every hour, if needed. The
next morning he reported that he had been in a perspiration ever since
fifteen minutes after taking the first dose, had slept quietly during the night,
the tongue and lips were moist, mind clear, pulse 80, and steady. The next
day I found him dressed and down stairs, with good appetite and free from
disease. I could give sixty cases of equally prompt results from this
precious drug, in fevers which make their attack rather suddenly, whether
from cold or otherwise, and attended with chilliness, pain in the limbs, head
and back, variously disordered taste of the mouth, with great restlessness.
The almost uniform effect, in these cases is, a cessation of the chills, within
from two to five minutes, quickly followed by a glow of heat and prickling
of the surface; and within from five to twenty minutes, perspiration with
progressive abatement of all the pains and restlessness. The patient falls
asleep, and after a longer or shorter time, wakes with a consciousness that
his disease is broken up--and this proves to be the truth. Like all other
drugs, the dose must be various, generally one drop repeated every half
hour, till the desired effect is produced repeated afterwards as occasion may
require.
In simple cases of fever, I regard it as the remedy, not only, but the only
remedy required. There are, of course, many cases of fever, with local
complications, as inflammation of the liver, &c., &c., where other remedies
will be necessary. Half a drop, or even a quarter, is often sufficient. The
largest I have yet given is five drops, and this in only one case.
Several Homoeopathic physicians to whom I have recommended it, have

made equally favorable reports of it.
My experience has been, that not a few of our Western fevers, especially if
neglected beyond the incipient stages, are accompanied by such gastric and
bilious disorder, as to require Mercurius, China, or Podophyllin, after the
general febrile symptoms are removed by Gels. But at an early stage, the
Gels. alone will prevent the development of these complications.
The drug seems to me to act specifically and energetically, not only upon
the circulatory system, but equally so upon the nervous system, allaying
nervous irritability more effectually in fevers, than Coff., Cham., Bell., Nux,
or any other drug we possess. As it acts very quickly, the first dose may be
soon repeated and increased, if no effect is observed.
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AN EPITOME OF THE Homoeopathic Healing Art,

CONTAINING THE NEW DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO

FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES, FOR TRAVELERS ON THEIR

AND AS A POCKET COMPANION FOR THE PHYSICIAN.

Professor of General, Special, and Surgical Anatomy Late Professor of

CLEVELAND, OHIO: JOHN HALL, 72 SUPERIOR STREET.

CHICAGO, ILL. HALSEY & KING, 162 CLARK STREET.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859,

PINKERTON & NEVINS' Print, Cleveland, O.

The CHOLERA CASE is only supplied with such remedies as are

1 Aconite p 3|15 Hydrastus Can. p 1 2 Apis Mellifica p 3|16 Ipecac p 3 3

Cuprum p 3|27|Veratrum p 3 14 Eupatorium Aro. p 1|

1 Aconite p 3|8 Laurocerasus p 4 2 Arsenicum p 3|9 Opium p 3 3

FULL FAMILY CASE.

Tr. is used for tincture, Tt. trituration, P. pellets.

REMEDIES. |CONTRACTIONS. | 1 Aconitum. |Aconite Tr 0 1 p 3 2

HOMOEOPATHIC HEALING ART.

This work is my own, being the result of my practical experience and

Some may object to my practice of giving several remedies in alternation or

frequency of the discharges, giving a dose as often as the evacuations

as from vinegar, or food in which vinegar is used.

In short, let the food be nutritious, easily digested, small or moderate in

This disease consists in a looseness of the bowels, generally accompanied

Veratrum and Phos. acid, given alternately, at intervals, as frequently as the

In a large majority of cases, Veratrum, if given in the early stages of the

This disease is caused by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the

The discharges often commence like a common diarrhoea, with copious

If it begins with looseness without blood, give Arsenicum and Veratrum

perspiration is produced, and the pain diminishes; or if bloody stools

This disease, in addition to the symptoms of cutting, cramping pains in the

headache is present. The substance vomited is at first dark bilious matter,

Ipecac and Colocynthis are to be given in alternation, and repeated as often

Intermittent Fever, Ague or Chill Fever.

[1] NOTE.--The Eclectic Physicians use equal parts of Quinine and

This fever may be either intermittent, remitting, or continued, and typhoid.

Podophyllin and Merc. should be given in ease of intermittents of this

intermittents, giving a dose every three hours during the intermission. It is

CONTINUED FEVERS are generally of a Bilious character, except in

(Rheumatism,) the patient complaining of soreness of the muscles, of the

In addition to the medicines directed under the head of Rheumatic Fever,

delightful operation for a rheumatic patient, and no one will object to a

In simple scarlatina, all that is necessary is to keep the child quiet, in a

I would remark that, with these remedies applied as here recommended, my

The Hydrastin is a most potent remedy in putrid ulcerations of the mucous

When this Fever prevails as an epidemic, as it usually does, in the southern

It usually begins with premonitory symptoms somewhat like those of

Canabis and Apis mel., gave relief.

As Prophylactics (preventives) of the fever, Macrotin, Bell. and Aconite

This is inflammation of the Pleura of one or both lungs, generally confined

Aconite is a sovereign remedy. It should be given at intervals proportionate

Inflammation of the Lungs--Pneumonia.

This disease is often connected with Pleurisy, and consists of inflammation

In the early stage, Aconite and Phosphorus should be used at intervals of

After subduing the high febrile symptoms, if there remains cough,

Inflammation of the Bronchial Tubes.

This is attended with distressing cough, profuse expectoration, oppressed